I Am Excited For The Things That We Will Do Together

I am excited for the things that we will do together. I can’t think of any other set of words to describe what I am feeling right now in its truest, most real, and most human form, except for "I am excited for ...

The Timing

When I was in high school my father was probably the best track coach I’ve ever had, because he always helped me get out of my head. Being an accountant, a solid and logical man, he would just use math. He woul...

Can I Come Feel Terrible Next To You?

I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to write about it. I just want to sit here and feel it. Then, I want to look over and see you. The purity of your silent understanding soothes my invisible wounds.  ...

The Possibility Of You Has Become Distracting For Me

There are a lot of big bad things. The world is full of them.  They are smeared, and gray, and hovering over us. They hide behind suits, or masks, or collections of cells.  They lie in wait in envelopes and coo...

I Don’t Remember You

I Don't Remember You On Virginia Avenue Today I went for a long stroll around our neighborhood. I hadn't seen the light of day in quite some time, my feet had not pounded the pavement, my blood had been sittin...

How To Stare At A Brick Wall

There are four different shades of brick that I can see from the second-story window as I sit on your bed. The first is the oldest and brightest, a vermilion terracotta exoskeleton for the neighboring 19th cen...

Dating A Man With One Testicle

Imagine: uno. A human testicle, which, if you’ve never seen one, looks like a ball of Silly String if the string could carry the elements of human life in its coils. An organic factory, producing the seeds of G...