Living amongst straight people is like walking on a tightrope of dominoes set end to end. That's their lives. Straight, narrow, unbending, locked nose to asshole in a line. I don't walk on a line of dominoes. One step out of place and they're knocked out of place. Can't do it. Their fear and numbness to their own pain chokes me. I stay away from ( Read more... )

I overheard some people talking. This girl was complaining about having to shell out money for each period. She said that Midol and tampons should be given away in welfare boxes. I had never thought of that before. That seems like an unfair shake to me. I mean, what if a guy had to put out a dime every time he took a piss. It would be nothing at ( Read more... )

A bum stood at the Lucky Market right in front of Artesia & Blossom. He was begging for money. He looked pretty pathetic, dressed in rancid, oily clothes. He smelled like cigarettes and urine. "Can you spare a dime?" he would ask. People would shake their heads or walk around him. He was getting nowhere. Two hours went by, no money, not a cent. " ( Read more... )

Some of us live in the dark. We never see the light unless it comes through the window. Street light at night creeps through the venetian blinds and lies broken and scattered on the floor. Some of us wait in the dark. Quietly. Patiently. Sharpening our claws waiting for you to slip just once. Our bodies are warm. Our muscles are tight. We press our ( Read more... )

Mass confusion, in my head ( Read more... )

Inhale / Resolve ( Read more... )

The gleaming towers of Omni-1 reflected the fiery maroon light of twin suns succumbing to distant sandstorms, red dust stirred up by incessant winds along the arched horizon hundreds of miles due north. Large flotillas of ships passed north and west, rising slowly like grey whales drifting to the ocean surface, seeking to avoid the storms by ( Read more... )

Now the funeral is over and all the tears are dried up ( Read more... )

Build an inner door, drop and then explore ( Read more... )

There is nothing. No education. No family life to open my ( Read more... )