The Surgeon
It is the spring of 2007, and I have traded in my solitude for friendship.
The Value of Fat
I’ve been a plus-size beauty vlogger for the past two years, but I’ve been fat my whole life. Except for the day I was born.
“Normal”
“Go ahead and pee on the floor,” the radiology technician says.
And They Said It Would Be Divine
It breaks like this: We hold on tightly, and literally, because we’re young and we’re stupid and because we still want to have hope.
The Privilege is All Mine
Seeing Dolores walk in, or someone who looked like a Dolores (he’d had more than a few since clocking out)
Blue Before Dark
For six days after the operation, everything was blue.
ISOPROPYL (JESUS ENTERS THE MATRIX)
I'm sitting with Larry at a Chipotle in midtown and his thousand-yard stare tells me I might dial the nihilism down a notch.
Riot
In seeking truth, the internet is the most powerful tool humanity has ever had.
Jersey City Poems
A swirl of trash – / I’m dodging it. / A gust of nasty wind. / Now you’re about to be / even more remote.
“Oh, Galileo”
The purple haze of Jupiter surrounds us in its cool-toned glow.