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Not That Story

Not That Story

Trouble was, there was a lot of trouble. Questions I didn’t understand, even though I worked there. A month or so before, I’d run into a group of art-school people sitting together around the curve of a bar, nice people, friendly.
By JAKE Sep 27, 2022
Shuffle

Shuffle

There has been silence in the car for much of the hour-long drive. You have been mostly present but what is there to say. Honey, I'm sorry that I wrapped the car around a tree and for the last few weeks I've been a vegetable doesn't seem to cut it.
By JAKE Sep 26, 2022
Expedition Passport

Expedition Passport

Blood showers on hot tin roof / Cain kills Abel to / Tenth Avenue jazz band tune / Blood mingles with sidewalk / Mingles with dandelion
By JAKE Sep 24, 2022
A Sort of Homecoming

A Sort of Homecoming

I say my goodbyes to my parents and my sister. I expect you to pat my back, but instead you pull me into a hug and I breath in the aftershave you have recently started using. I want this moment to be the start of a love story.
By JAKE Sep 22, 2022
No One Wants a Girl with a Feeding Tube

No One Wants a Girl with a Feeding Tube

CW: Hospital Imagery
By JAKE Sep 20, 2022
Does Anyone Know What This Snake Is?

Does Anyone Know What This Snake Is?

Is this a Copperhead?
By JAKE Sep 17, 2022
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I measure the rest of the time in empty envelopes / and the mechanic whirring of a fleet of slicing jaws. / There are only so many ways to spell cancel, and I’ve seen them all.
By JAKE Sep 17, 2022

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