PoetryThe last day
On the last day people were still doing the things people do when they think there will be another day. At a dentist’s office…
PoetryHow I Became the Face of Alpha Male Greens
Weed costs more now which is honestly the main reason I went looking for work Rent was bad food was bad everything was bad…
Non-fictionWar Season
War comes around again because there is always a market for men who want to sound grave on television. They put on the face.…
PoetrySelf-Checkout
At the grocery store the machine thanks me for my honesty. This is new. Once there were cashiers with dyed hair, bad knees, small…
Flash and Short FictionThe Friendly Internet Forum
I should have noticed the warning signs the moment Gordon introduced himself as “Gordon, founder of the internet’s friendliest community.” He said it with…
PoetryI Was Sentenced to Death
And you were, too, of course. The day you were born, they clipped the cord, slapped the pink into you, wrapped you like a…
HumorThe Round Earth Hoax
https://youtu.be/FcMYfIJ5wfI?si=oc9usQqi26URpAvt It has been, I confess, a bracing season for the human mind. At long last—after centuries of being gently herded by men in…
PoetryA day in the life of a social media activist
I woke up ready to be useful, which for me usually means I didn’t sleep well and I’m trying to convert that into a…
PoetryDisturbing
I’m reading the paper on a Sunday morning, coffee going cold, headline doing that thing where it pretends to be neutral. A federal agent…
PoetryAmerica legalizes murder
I open the paper and it greets me like a motel sign buzzing in the rain: Democracy Dies in Darkness. Which is funny because…
Poetrymerry fucking christmas
it’s december 23rd and i’m doing the only liturgy i still believe in: standing in a line. the line is at the post office—…
Poetryapologies to the cat
after the cops left and the ambulance had gone and i was home again with nothing but silence and the leftover pad thai that…
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