mmxxi

Act Natural

     For an addict you have an incredible amount of discipline.
                                                                 —overheard

Where to begin? Well, I’m too young for that.
But it seems to be working. Or you tell me.

I’m going to the Firefly Meadow to take my
mind off things. I am always coming up with

new and exciting ways to do that. This time
the Firefly Meadow doesn’t want to let me in,

so I arrange for a shave and a shower at the
Crew Cut. Is this a dream? It’s pretty dreamy.

Unfortunately, I don’t wake up. So I try to
imagine the reality of the situation. This

square goes here. This tetrahedron lives
over there. Or is it the other way around?

Life in a fishbowl is pretty boring. You
can’t drink the water. Electricity is a

slippery figment. Some fish folk are
eager to let you in. Others are distant,

have several locks and few holes. I
mean souls. All’s hollow in the bowl

’til Friday. That’s when it happens. 

The something that I can’t remember.

mmxx

Falling Prey to Negativity:  The Scourge of the Curse of Having a Heart

You are so going

to figure out all

of my dirty tricks

before this is all

said and done,

aren’t you?

Whoops.

It’s funny.

That didn’t

taste so bitter.

I’m not coming

undone.  This is

just my magic

wand.  And

don’t worry,

it’s not working.

Yesterday, you

took a picture of

a streetlamp in

broad daylight.

And somehow

my aching neck

talks my aching

back out of its

misery.

And somehow

my aching back

put my aching

neck out of its

misery.

mmxix

Discontinuity becomes continuity; the memory sort of glitters as it flows, and

sleep flows.

                                                                                              —Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

I think people look at tiny patches of their face and try to fix everything – they’ve

lost the plot.

                                                                                              —Gwyneth Paltrow

The cure for love is more love

                                                                                              —Julian Talamentez Brolaski

Lead by example.