Friday, July 22, 2016

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The man's suit was mockingbird grey. Striped tie and shined shoes with a snatch of blue oxford in the background. You sat and watched and thought, I swear to God they're robots. Then a group of four strolled by in dark khaki pants and white oxfords with solid colored ties that looked like cheap silk. No jackets.

They even walked the same.

And something shifted. Just like that. One second, you're laughing inside. The next? Why do  they all look the same? Did I see that one before? Are they following me? Have they been following me my whole life? And tomorrow, Saturday, if it's warm enough that means it's cargo shorts and polo shirts. That's even worse.


Why? What do they know...


And shit. Like that. Backhand to the frontal lobe. Smelling leaf blower farts and wildflowers. Listening to the drone of the freeway. Feeling the heat bounce off the glass buildings. Right then, you realized that something is fucked up. With them. With you. With something


Don't ever trust a mockingbird.


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Friday, July 15, 2016

2 Minutes. Go!

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He looked at the old man's face and saw a twinkle in his green eye. The one that wasn't an opal  - the one that wasn't framed by thick, red scars. It'll grow son, trust me. But the boy didn't trust him. Didn't know him. He had been shuttled between houses and families and some were good and some were bad - this old man? He just seemed sad. Sad in a friendly way, but sad. And he was playing a joke on the boy. The dry ground wanted nothing to do with them until they were dead. The boy knew that. But the old man had fed him well and told him stories, so he figured he'd humor the one-eyed man. Respect his elders.

The boy dug with the small shovel until the man grunted. The grunt was clearly a signal. The sun overhead was hot and the boy thought, again, how stupid ... whatever, he'd been the target of worse jokes. Bigger bullies. He dropped the seed in the hole he'd dug. Poured the jug of water. A wide circle around the mound of dirt like the man told him. Then, they went back inside. The man had said something about fishing. It all sounded corny as hell.

Foster homes foster poor short term memory. When the boy woke up the next day, he was not thinking about the seed, and the man did not mention it. It rained heavy that week and they stayed inside for the most part, enjoying the sound of the drops on the roof, speaking rarely.

On a Friday morning, the boy awoke before the man. He went out back to start his chores, but his eyes were snatched by green. Clear as day, rising from the dirt, a sprout of new, fresh green. The boy turned with wide eyes, planning to get the man, but somehow he was already behind him. The boy wondered how long he'd been staring. Must have been longer than he thought. He hadn't realized his eyes were wet. 

The man laughed: See, son? I told you. I won't ever tell you nothing that's not true. You can count on that.

The boy repeated the words in his head; they were warm and soft. 


You can count on that.

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Friday, July 8, 2016

2 Minutes. Go!

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The grass tickles your neck and you tell yourself again that it's not ants and to chill the fuck out. You came here to relax, so do it. And that means you gotta stop thinking about being chill. Stop thinking. Watch the cloud spirits whip the sky into an imagination playground. Look for shapes, don't think about the grass-tickle ants - ants don't hurt you anyway.

What hurts is the collective insanity. That's what they were calling it, but it seemed too easy of an explanation. Insanity can be charming. Certain kinds of it. Or it can be intriguing. This? What can you call it? There may be a word for it, but you don't know it. A shade of sadness so dark it can shroud the world. 

God, if there's a word for it, you don't even want to know it. It must be heavy. The kind of word that sits in your brain, daring you to speak it. The kind of word you can never speak because it will change the shape of your mouth, the shape of your heart. Just look at the goddamn clouds. Unclench your fists. Relax your jaw.

Try to walk yourself through being human.


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Friday, July 1, 2016

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Being loud doesn’t make you more important, it makes you loud. You should know these things. Like how you should know what a good banana looks like. It’s not that complicated. It’s like you’re always bound in this first-love confusion. Everything sly, and all an illusion.

So, you think that loud means something. I get you. You’re so soft inside. Like jelly. Quiet like a half hour after last call. You’re fucking ridiculous, repugnant. I’m incredulous. If there was justice, you’d be pumped full of High Life and never allowed to piss. For eternity. Plus one.


And loud can mean all kinds of things. Muscular. Pretty. Entitled. Apathetic. Mean. Petty.

There are plenty of ways to be loud. It would probably be best if you shut the fuck up.

No one is giving out trophies anymore. You don’t get to giggle when someone says a word you don’t know. You don’t get to shrug and go: erp, terr’rists. Then watch the Kardashians ego fuck themselves on TV.

Are you simple?

You’re like the runt puppy that doesn’t have the sense to come in from a hard rain. Just stands there, turning in circles and wondering. Getting all kinds of wet.

Except people like the dog.

The dog is cute.

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