It was high school. I made a call to my mom at 12:30 on a Friday night. Despite the late hour, she picked up — my parents always pick up and I love them for it. Her voice came back heavy with sleep...
Ode to Night Cruise
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Revelations of a Couch Surfer
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I understand why people do drugs. Drugs and alcohol have the magical ability to take you somewhere else and it’s right here. A short trip. The journey is from your mind to your mirth, from your...
Destination or Channeller?
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This wasn’t my first time to Whistler. I was there for a couple nights in November, a couple nights in 2017 as well. I’d been as a kid, for the skiing. This trip though was seven nights at a...
Becoming Gookish Pt. 2
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“I haven’t seen someone sleeping in months.” “I haven’t been beside a sleeping person. I’ve been alone. I go to bed, I wake up. I don’t see myself sleep. I don’t see anyone sleeping.” I wrote that...
Doomsday Prepping
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I’ve always liked rules. Not the kind that inhibit actions but the kind that provide conditional instructions. Commandments that provide clarity and quell difficulty. I would make them for myself...
Open Doors
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I couldn’t sleep last night. Of course, I did. Eventually. While my thoughts paced in the blackness behind my eyelids, they passed over my childhood. (How lovely — to think of incidents from decades...
Regarding Break-ups
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Tell me: “I don’t like you anymore” — that’s what I want. And it’s what you should want too. Whether it came on quickly or it built over time, once the feelings of “I need to break up with this...
Office Intrigue in the Future
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time travel – trousers – supervise – successfully – law identity – mustard – kitchen – tooth – fly The second to last thing that happened was Margaret...
Take on a Challenge
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masquerade – gang – allege – double – lucky tea – personality – introduction – parasite – class He’s not waking, despite the bustle of the street, and...
An Unexpected Discovery
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parallel – informal – crude – expand – popular unlikely – analyst – replacement – cell – chest It was the day Sarah had been waiting for for nine...