Fiction About True Stuff

19 posts

2022

Career Move

January 30, 2022
The bell rings ding dong / But the wicked witch ain't dead / She's out of my heart / But still in my head / Calling me crazy and dangerous / Saying I…

Pain

January 3, 2022
Does the onion start crying / When you peel off his skin? / Do the screams of the bell peppers ring / Echoing in the oven as they're cooking? / Does…

2021

A Hello to Arms

December 25, 2021
I guess it’s just your nature / To treat her not as her own creature / But more like an arm / Cover it up to keep it warm / When it’s cold outside /…

The Three Rules

December 13, 2021
After two decades / We’re a sorry, suffering lot / Your temper and your rage— / A true despot! / But we found a way to keep the peace / (Still…

Imaginary Monster

December 10, 2021
You must be scared of it: / The monster you imagined in me / I’m way less scary than these guys ® Disney Corporation / Does it make you crazy? /…

Busted Lap

December 8, 2021
December 5th, 2021 / The world is wrong today / An Uber driver speaks of his wealth / When he's just one small step / From the corner bums and their…

Once Upon a Hot Tub

November 28, 2021
Do you know how whored I feel right now? / Frankly I didn’t know the word “whored" could be used in that way / So it threw me off— / Not that I had a…

Lamentation #45

November 3, 2021

The Macchiato Conversation

October 8, 2021
By now haven’t we all had / The macchiato conversation? / You know when you try to order one / At an authentic coffee shop— / Not a Peet’s or a…

I Don't Like My Cat

October 6, 2021
I don’t like my cat / He sits in my favorite chair / And watches me / He yells at me to get me to play with him / But then he won’t play with me /…

Rescued from Summer Camp

October 3, 2021
I blink— / Or at least that’s what I thought I did / But when I open my eyes / I realize my car has traveled— / Into a different lane / My heart…

To Return a Wetsuit

September 17, 2021
I stand a bit hunched over behind my car— / A secondhand 2013 navy blue Tesla Model S / In an empty parking lot / Between two nondescript warehouses…

How to Fall in Love with a Friend

September 14, 2021
Can I touch your hair? / She asks me / A strange question indeed / We’re standing next to one another / At Ocean Beach / Atop the O'Shaughnessy…

Forgetting Something?

September 3, 2021
Shit! / What, you ok? / Now I’m feeling bad for startling the Lyft driver / I mean we’re halfway to SFO already / Heading down 101 through the…

El Paseo, 2019-2020

September 1, 2021
Mill Valley looks like the kind of town / You’d expect to see in a model railroad set / Minus the trains— / Tracks torn up / After a massive fire /…

A Stranger in San Pancho

August 4, 2021
It’s 3:30am in San Pancho / Our legs are numb from dancing / And the mezcal has got us wondering / If we’re still drunk or starting to get hungover /…

2020

Staying home

April 26, 2020
I’ve been wearing the same shorts for a week now / Just noticed they’re actually swim trunks / Money is acting all weird / I paid my stylist not to…

2019

STD Testing

November 29, 2019
So we kinda had the talk / Me and my newish girlfriend / We’d been friends for years / But only lovers for a few months / It felt silly / We were…

Because our Relationship was Perfect

February 15, 2019
She told me it was over / Not even twelve hours ago / So I’m cleaning my apartment / Like a man on a mission / Because maybe it makes me feel better…