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Birds

Birds

There were many things that I might have said, that I would have liked to have said …
By JAKE Mar 10, 2023
This Version is Slapstick

This Version is Slapstick

The driver goes—YOU NEED MORE CHANGE!
By JAKE Feb 3, 2023
Shopping malls and parking lots and all the places I knew I liked girls

Shopping malls and parking lots and all the places I knew I liked girls

The first time I was misgendered was at a Taco Bell in Crossgates Mall in upstate New York. Or rather, this is the first time I specifically remember being misgendered.
By JAKE Dec 27, 2022
One Dead Day

One Dead Day

“What Should we do with the body?”
By JAKE Oct 7, 2022
Colleagues and Friends

Colleagues and Friends

It’s the first time in three months I’ve heard so much English, and between the bull and the barbeque, I can almost mistake it for home.
By JAKE Jul 4, 2022
Unidentified Snack-Mix, Orange and Salty (Last Seen Possibly Becoming The Christ)

Unidentified Snack-Mix, Orange and Salty (Last Seen Possibly Becoming The Christ)

There was comfort in all these things, like I was placing my isolated act of snacking in my recliner, alone in a small room, into a framework of collective experience.
By JAKE Jul 1, 2022
The Widowmaker Tried to Kill Me, But Failed Miserably

The Widowmaker Tried to Kill Me, But Failed Miserably

I didn’t know I’d had a heart attack until the morning after, once the stent was in and I’d had a good night’s sleep flat on my back with a weighted pillow on my upper thigh where the surgeon cut into my femoral artery.
By JAKE Jun 23, 2022

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