5am Chats
5am. The street is damp from the depths of the night. My bones are cold in the frigid air as I walk to my car. The street lights make everything […]
The Ones We Love
There is a struggle of some kind on the metal sheet that is laid over my roof that keeps my space dry. I wake up every morning to some kind […]
When you’re feeling Tender, think of the Hellbender
I’m pretty sure I’m meant to be a comedian. The […]
Love was the same in the 80s
I watched him pull up in his silver Toyota Camry. I know what you’re thinking. Here’s another story about another man who never called back. But this isn’t that kind […]
Even Egrets Fuck Up
As the coffee percolated I put on a Big Thief album because they showed up a lot in conversations and sometimes you have to follow those bread crumbs in life. […]
The man with Purple Nails
There was no parking on the right side of the street, so I parked on the wrong side. The butt of my car stuck out. Hannah once got a ticket […]
Online Date
After a couple texts he asked me if I wanted to go out. He told me he had gotten good at this. This meaning dating I would assume. He told […]
Real Life Shit
The streets were dark and empty. Oakland was a ghost town. Even the hookers were in bed, their fishnets crumpled on the floor. I like this time of morning. There […]
Tiger Man and Magenta Girl
I saw him first. He wore dirty white high tops and a faded denim jacket with a tiger taking over the back. I saw her second. She was gliding in […]
Past Lovers
I was driving and you were smoking a bowl in the passenger seat. I was worried I would get in trouble if we were caught. “Nah. It’s legal in California.” […]
Mile Markers
On my way to the 580 West I passed graffiti that read Kill the Techies. The homeless encampment under the 580 and 80 overpass had been cleaned up and I […]
It’s the only thing left to do
I woke up this morning and realized I didn’t have any coffee. I walked to the corner store near my house in the tee shirt I woke up in and […]
Opening our Eyes
When I was dating Chad, I felt my awareness opening wider and wider. We would sit across from one another in his Halloween decorated room and open each other’s eyes. […]
Tally Marks
She is leaving tomorrow. I am sitting on her roommate’s bed and she is packing. She will leave our facility and go to Utah. It seems like that’s where they […]
Gardening and Nightmares
I had decided earlier in the day to start gardening. It is said to be therapeutic. Putting your hands in the soil and then watching growth. Allowing growth. Nurturing growth. […]
Anxiety Sucks
I take a client to a refuge recovery meeting every Monday. It is a Buddhist version of 12 step recovery. The woman is an aging self proclaimed Dead Head and […]
