WORDS

Stories, essays, poems & loose thoughts

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Morning Fog

Took Sia out this morning before the fog had lifted. She disappeared into the white and came back grinning, like she'd found something in there that I couldn't see. Maybe she did. Dogs know things.
poem

Three AM

The house is quiet but my head is not. There's a melody in there somewhere, hiding behind the grocery list and that thing I should have said last Tuesday. I pick up the guitar. It's cold. I play a cho…
essay

The Velcro Theory

I've been thinking about velcro lately. Not the actual material — though I maintain it's one of humanity's finest inventions — but the principle of it. Two surfaces that grab onto each other not becau…
story

Almost Something

The first time they met, neither of them noticed. That's how it works sometimes — the universe lines things up perfectly, and you walk right past it because you're checking your phone or thinking abou…