When the Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus said that no man walks through the same river twice I imagine that he meant that every minute that goes by the level of discrete molecules of this thing that we refer to as the conduit, or waterway, of a river, despite whatever arbitrary name we give to it, is different; and as his cynosure was exclusively that of the terrain of watery carbon mound, man, his real meaning was that no one is the same from one moment to the next.
Read MoreShe uses the vacuum she brought
in her tight gray shorts beneath her
black-and-white splotched top Jackson-
Pollacked, but not in the way Mary
Frances said I Jackson-Pollacked
her after our first night when she
said I would need a better reason
to ask any girl to come over– so,
do you want to meet my cats?
The rain had stopped by the time you kissed me
Read MoreWe, too, are tourists, but looking for a different kind of monument, a different souvenir. In truth, we do not know for what we are searching.
Read MoreI even started setting my clocks a few minutes early on auspicious days, as if I could outwit time itself.
Read MoreDo not be afraid young man, we’re both souls wandering in the darkness.
You and I are no different.
Read MoreIn the museum, Ward fumbled underneath the ticket counter and a moment later, a flashlight illuminated shadow boxes draped by black curtains and the tiny white wax faces inside. We tiptoed further; the museum was cool and musty. I felt like I was walking into a house while someone was sleeping, or trespassing on something hidden.
Read More I am not going to
give you the satisfaction
of saying I'm disappointed,
although I find your
behavior LY adverb rude.
