Brewing Tea
You must first decide the time at which you will drink from your cup. Is it now, before the rush of day, before the calls and emails you must answer, before you take a step out of your home and find yourself nearly crushed by the repeating questions and frustrated…
There Are Spiders In My Eyes
Sometimes there are spiders in my eyes. I see the black shapes skittering across my vision, prompting me to turn, ready to leap away from the foul creature before it got too close. But they aren’t there, they aren’t scurrying across the grey fabric of my hand-made couch. They aren’t…
Queer
I sit in the corner of my room and listen to the bugs fly by. I wonder how long it’ll take to eat me after I die. To swallow me whole or piece by piece, A lifetime of anguish never to cease. Will they tell their family what they’ve devoured?…
The Movies
When I was in seventh grade, a boy from the eighth grade table turned, tapped me on the shoulder, and grinned. With a mouthful of food, he pressed his hands to his chest and sneered. “Do you think you would want to go out with me?” he asked, barely able…