Through the two plate window, the sky was the color of ripe berries. The stranger in 49B stirred and their magazine fell to the floor. Absolutely beautiful, I whispered to myself.
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snippets (no. 18)
Posted in snippets, tagged alone, beauty, flight, life, snippets, sunrise, travel on 11/21/2010 | Leave a Comment »
snippet (no. 17)
Posted in snippets, writing, tagged dating, life, relationships, snippets, summer, writing on 10/17/2010 | Leave a Comment »
We drank wine out of a mason jar. Our books were tossed next to us with the pages dog-eared. The sun set in the west while the tide came in. A moth landed on our log and I inched closer to you. I thought about ferry boats and how I liked your bony kneecaps.
snippet (no. 16)
Posted in snippets, writing, tagged change, dating, life, love, relationships, snippets on 10/17/2010 | Leave a Comment »
You signed the cross on my face in kisses. The refrigerator hummed and the chicken baked in the oven. This is good. This is real, you said. A year later, we would be strangers.
snippets (no. 15)
Posted in snippets, tagged callous, detached, life, sad, snippets on 08/23/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bodies shifted closer to the bus’ windows as the woman passed down the aisle. Her hair was matted and her clothes reeked of stale cigarettes and urine. She began to cry as the bus passed her stop and she reached over people to repeatedly grab the pull cord. Books were raised higher. I pulled out [...]
snippets (no. 14)
Posted in snippets, tagged life, past, Seattle on 07/27/2010 | Leave a Comment »
People ordered their Dick’s hamburgers and fries. She wanted to sit on the sidewalk, she wanted to lay down on the concrete. Why are you talking to me? You haven’t talked to me in a year, she slurred. This should be enough for a bus home, he said while putting a transfer and some change in her hand.
snippets (no. 13)
Posted in snippets, tagged ignorance, life, moving on, reality on 06/20/2010 | Leave a Comment »
We unfolded our napkins and put them on our laps. All I’m saying is if she didn’t report it back then, she should keep her mouth shut now, he said. The overhead speaker crackled. Number 17, your order is ready.
snippets (no. 12)
Posted in snippets, tagged life on 06/08/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I sat on the couch in my underwear admist a pile of unfolded laundry with a bowl of Cheerios balanced on one knee. A dvd was paused on the bulky television screen. So, this is where I’m at, I thought.
snippets (no. 11)
Posted in snippets, tagged attraction, dating, introductions, life, strangers on 06/01/2010 | Leave a Comment »
He sat on a stool by the open door and smiled as I walked by. A few hours later, I returned down the same street on my way home. I looked through the large windows, made eye contact and then stepped inside. I never do this, I said.
snippets (no. 10)
Posted in snippets, tagged life, perspective, self on 05/27/2010 | Leave a Comment »
What’s the address? the cab driver asked. I don’t know where I am, I said. I walked around the apartment complex’s large parking lot looking for street signs. I wore my dress from the night before and carried my shoes. My tights seeped up the water from the puddles and the gravel bruised the soles [...]
snippets (no. 9)
Posted in snippets, Uncategorized, tagged death, depression, friendship, grief, grieving, life, loss, mourning, rememberance on 04/30/2010 | 3 Comments »
The name of the victim echoed through my head. He was my friend, I said. The phone bounced on the carpet. I ran the shower as hot as it would go. The beads of scalding water beat against my head as my hands grabbed my face and hair. I laid down on the bathtub floor. [...]
