Sexless, she mused as she zipped up her boot in front of her vanity mirror. Sexless was what her mother had painstakingly hissed in her ear, having drawn her close with one shaking, wasted, clawed hand to the hospital bed in which she laid. You’ll never give me the grandchildren I want. Then her hand […]Read Post ›
The moon is large and golden tonight, softly settling into the mountains like a particularly gravid woman would. The sweet golden glow belies her slowly spreading skirts across the world, covering the ground with her icy touch. But there, nestled among the folds of a dark navy sky, the pale yellow sand dollar looks like a […]Read Post ›
Step 1: Every good hipster playlist must start with “Asleep” by The Smiths. It doesn’t matter where it is in the progression of songs, but it must be in the list. You almost ran me over the first time we met. I was crossing the street when it happened, with my violin case on one […]Read Post ›
Some people wear their jeans dangerously low on their hips; you wear your glasses dangerously low on your nose. And some people find the cut of hipbones sexy–but I see them and raise them the cut of your nose. I know you don’t think you’re attractive, but I want you to know that I think you’re attractive. […]Read Post ›
One day, I went for a walk. It was a calm day. Sunny, warm, cool breeze combing through the leaves. The farther I walked, the more restless I became. Sure, the day was beautiful–greens and yellows and blue, blue sky. The birds and the squirrels running around. The sound of rustling leaves and birdsong. I […]Read Post ›
You roll over in your spot next to me in bed. I can feel you moving by the vibrations in the mattress and the tugging on the sheets. A warm arm wraps around my waist and tugs us closer. You hook your chin over my shoulder and kiss my jaw, grumbling deep in your throat, […]Read Post ›
My life began as a seed. The gardeners dug a hole in the ground on a cold, slushy morning and placed me in it. Then they covered it up with warm, fluffy soil and let me germinate. Sometimes they would come and water me as I basked in the warm sunlight underneath my blanket of […]Read Post ›
Guys go through so much trouble when they like a girl. They talk to them, text them, message them, and ask them out for lunch. He’s sweet, he calls her cute, and she’s flattered. But she doesn’t know that he likes her. She isn’t even interested in having a relationship and her radar has been […]Read Post ›
This is Jimmy. Jimmy is six feet tall, weighs one hundred and eighty pounds, and has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a smile that makes women melt. He was homecoming king all four years of high school, star quarterback, and voted most likely to become the president of the United States. For all the ladies […]Read Post ›
Admittedly, even though chemistry is challenging and exciting, when I leave, all I feel is a void. And in that void, everything starts to seep back in and they start to change from carboxyls and redox reactions to some long overdue navel-gazing because the bus that I was going to take was quickly receding into […]Read Post ›
