Lunch Time Rush

Lunch Time Rush

  The press of hot bodies parts like a dead sea. 1:30 on the dot, and I step out of California Pizza Kitchen and step in the crisp Jersey air. I whistle as I walk along, my eyes scanning over frozen silhouettes swaddled in spindles of threads crafted by hurried, child-like hands. A leggy blonde [...]

Stellification

Stellification

  I declare war on the stars who continue to plague me with answers to questions without margins. Do the celestial beings way up above pity us mortals whose wings were clipped eons ago? downcast and reticent, I withdraw with each phase of the moon– my righteous anger boiling past boiling point. Does the moon [...]

Surrender

Surrender

  Harsh words can be forgiven with patience and time. A tender union before the right moment, can be the catalyst to a sleep riddled with tears and curses. Heart-wrenching sobs rip apart your chest, the clawing thing inside of you demanding to be let out. You turn your cheek when you act coy, bit [...]