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Deadlines

Deadlines

He couldn’t come up with something to say every time he ran into this guy. People expect too much when they put you on the spot and force you to think of something. It’s not that easy to come up with clever dialogue.
By JAKE Sep 11, 2023
The Truth Stings

The Truth Stings

she has to ask it again as I lean in closer / “Do you ever have doubt?”
By JAKE Sep 9, 2023
Guess I'm A Paper Nautilus Now

Guess I'm A Paper Nautilus Now

This is my chance at freedom. That word is euphoric, I can't help but smile feeling the shapes into which it presses my mouth. That's why today has to be the day.
By JAKE Sep 7, 2023
My doll watched

My doll watched

As we slipped off their dresses and dipped them one-by-one into their pool, Barbie stared, unchanged, and I thought of when I first unboxed her, newly four, half a shelf of dolls beside the built-in closet.
By JAKE Sep 6, 2023
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down

The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down

I wanted once before to honk my horn against the swastika that he’d drawn on the poster board he got from the Dollar General, but I had the horn’s fuse pulled as a wild experiment in radical pacifism.
By JAKE Sep 5, 2023
Beef Case

Beef Case

The future is a vast and scary place, the recording says. Dead ends, dead dreams, destitution. Only if you’ve been pushing yourself hard enough do you have a chance. You have ten minutes of break. Step it up.
By JAKE Sep 4, 2023
The new clock

The new clock

and my heart is a crocodile mimicking death. I seek God in a temple
By JAKE Sep 2, 2023

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