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The Today Show

There are a few key signs that I am either out sick or without work for the day. National morning news shows and The Price Is Right. Slow brewed coffee is consumed for the enjoyment of my senses rather than for a jolt and prescription in keeping addiction headaches at bay. Peanut butter sandwiches and cut veggies give me energy to participate in Plinko and the showcase showdown. Nostalgia for summer days as a kid is in no need of explanation because it is felt. Even if home becau… Continue

A Tearing Down of Self

My feet are part of the floor.
It is not a simple case of splinters blurring the boundary of skin and wood.
It is vibrating, sunken, and non-negotiatable.
My extremities are burning with the ends of nerves ablaze with sensory
Overload.

The old, blue fabric of the chair has combined with not only my shirt and skin,
But has gripped my spine to produce shivers into the core of my being.
I sense everything as my guard has surrendered,
Not a whipster of the girl I used to kno… Continue

Upon the realization that I cannot reach the top shelves in my apartment without a grandiose launch of myself upon a counter or a fling of the object upward without a plan of getting it down, I head out to buy a step ladder. Just one of the many items I repeatedly find myself buying, but never saving and taking with me to the next domicile. Perhaps there is something deeply seeded inside of me that my reality in the next place will somehow elude traditional issues with being not-that-tall.
A cle… Continue

Chapter 1:
The sun warms my face and I think, I should be happier. With my back against the earth I look up to the heavens, or fluffy clouds, or to what I’m told a gem of a day here in London when the sky proves it’s blue.
I detect no difference in the texture of the pitch, the tread-over grass that covers this small piece of Hyde Park to any other field in any other city park where I’ve abandoned my responsibilities to simply lie down, look up, and just breathe.
Or perhaps not happier, but able… Continue