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50 Going on 2
Posted on April 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
When work feels overwhelming, remember that you’re going to die. We have a coffee mug in our office with those words written on it. It isn’t that I need to be reminded of this certainty. I do not. In my life, it has become a mantra of sorts. One that I probably say to myself […]
Wisdom
Posted on March 24, 2014 2 Comments
Le Terrace Club was a private pool where I spent a bunch of summers growing up. For those of you who are wondering, yes, it’s THAT Le Terrace Club. I mention the true name only because I’m not going to hide the fact that we were members, and it’s relevant to the extent that it […]
Morning Train
Posted on March 19, 2014 Leave a Comment
When I awake with my usual bloody lip salted and curdled in a mutinous fugue of fatigue, only then is every next day of manic perception ushered in. Another day ahead -I pray only for blackness- for to be defined by the monotony of progression is to be emotionally waterboarded. It’s an erratic regimen, erotic […]
Roller Coasters and Rum Runners
Posted on March 17, 2014 2 Comments
In our house on North 6th Street in Newark, there was a narrow space between my parents’ bed and the wall – better known to me as the Crocodile River. The dark green carpeting only served to enhance the feelings of murk and dread it spawned. That, and the fact that the windows on the […]
Settling
Posted on March 14, 2014 Leave a Comment
The common goal of just about everyone I know is getting what they want. We are all striving to get what we want. We are encouraged endlessly by internet lists, quotes, catchy memes, and inspirational Facebook statuses to go out and get what it is we came for in life. Our days are brimming over […]
A Girl by the Bridge 
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