Semaj comes over to my apartment every other Thursday evening, and we play video games. Two men in their mid to early forties doing the same thing as 14-year-olds.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Super Mario
Category: Writings
Random Thoughts While Invigilating an Exam
The students have 2 hours to write a 200-word essay for 40 marks. Every 5 words is worth 1 mark. A student needs to write one word every 36 seconds in order to finish exactly in 2 hours.
Cover Letter of Quiet Desperation
To Whom It Possibly Perchance May Concern: I hate writing cover letters—not the writing part, the unspoken part, the oynx elephant in the room part, the part that we don’t talk directly about like my unfulfilling relationship that slowly killed me because we got together way too young and we were staying together for the… Continue reading Cover Letter of Quiet Desperation
Phone Call on the Cusp of 30 Days
What are your hopes and dreams for the future? She says that I sound like one of her treatment counselors....
Everything’s Fine – The Complete Poetry Sequence
Initially, I was just looking for a writing genre for my experimentation. Then my investigation quickly morphed into a personal project to write a poetry sequence. I don't know why. Maybe pent up creative energy.
Aubade
I have learned to read the morning sunlight like the moods of a lover.
Election Year Ghazal
When my folks decided to call it quits, two ballots cast, I didn’t get a vote.
Trust/Wait for Virus to End (a Sestina)
I must trust and wait for the virus to ultimately end.
Wear, Wash, Wait (a Tritina)
Denial is everywhere....
Friday, October 16 @ 12:47pm
Three weeks to US election. Ugh, politics. Hate arguing politics. Hate discussing politics, even with people I agree with. Possible seismic political shift. I hope a tectonic plate rises in the air and breaks the country in half and one chunk falls into the ocean. The survivors can then gather at the fault line and… Continue reading Friday, October 16 @ 12:47pm
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