sun; burn

you can always take layers off but when you’re in essentially your unmentionables, then what?
i hate summer. and now that i’ve said that, i am bracing myself because of the gasps. i know, i know. i live in California where the weather is warm and always sunny. boo hoo. poor you. but to tell you [...]

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the girl with the sun in her eyes

–i sat there, outside under the navy sky and leaned my head against his shoulder. he kissed the top of my head and sat there, quietly with me, breathing the night in…
i had a dream last night where the man next to me was actually a reporter from work. strange, i thought. but then, after [...]

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and he liked johnny cash

my grandfather died Tuesday night and I feel so, numb. Not my biological one, but the adopted one, Muzz. he was diagnosed with brain cancer last November and has since been fighting it until about a month ago. I hadn’t seen him since April, i think, and part of me feels very, very guilty. but [...]

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the relevance of inconsequence

his eyes are hard as he stares ahead of him, exhales a cloud of smoke that hovers around stubble on his face. his swollen gut juts out in front of him and he waddles as he turns and looks at me.
my grandfather is dying and i’m not sure how to feel about that. that harsh [...]

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