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A Word Forgotten

Struggling to come up with the exact word I need for this tweet — a word that I had in my automatic, immediate vocabulary when I was in college — makes me wonder…does our vocabulary go through natural selection as … Continue reading

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Signature Doubts

I spent five full minutes trying to figure out how I should sign a letter to my uncle. My first instinct was not to write anything, just my name—but maybe that seems cold. Then, I looked to see what he … Continue reading

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Socks, Shoelaces, Soup

Red had a surprising presence in the former half of my day. Red the color, that is. I don’t usually notice colors in passing. I use them to figure shit out – my wardrobe, my apartment, you know, aesthetics. But … Continue reading

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Do You Think Her Shoes are Bothering Her?

I was walking down 13th street towards Metrocenter yesterday, when about a foot ahead of me, I saw red — down below. Blood red. Right on a woman’s heel. A gruesome sight, no doubt. She was clearly wearing uncomfortable shoes. … Continue reading

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Not Quite a Poem

9:30 p.m., July 23, 2013 Kramerbooks & Afterwords Café “I Wanna be Down” by Brandy is playing semi-loudly, a song from 1994. I’ve been trying to motivate myself to write more these days and I guess there is no time … Continue reading

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Dark to Light and Back Again

I am sitting in the dark because Tony has ostracized me from “our” bedroom. I turned the light on and he barked a few sentences, all involving the word “rude.” I replied with something to the effects of “my room, … Continue reading

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Monday 1 of 2013.

Someone is at the door downstairs and I really can’t find the energy to walk there and see what that’s about. I push a section of my hair behind my ear in the hopes that the current inspiration I’m feeling … Continue reading

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A Moment’s Glance at the Host Stand

01/04/2013. Friday evening. 6:13pm. Damian at the bar getting semi-swamped by clusters of affluent professionals at the heights of their careers. I can hear snippets of their conversations. Only when I look at them directly can I really discern the matters … Continue reading

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A Musical Encounter Unexpected

Sitting in Charmington’s, a suitably titled coffeeshop on North Howard St in Baltimore, MD. I walked in with gleaming sunlight pouring through the windows. I noticed a man looking at the board of specials. I walked by him in an … Continue reading

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Melinda, Interrupted by a Phone Call

As I sit here, cradled by the ease of modern technology, I find myself longing for an older approach to expression.  Watching a newer Woody Allen on my 2012 MacBook doesn’t quite have the same mechanical qualities had I been … Continue reading

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