Maria keeps her birth control pills in a plastic bag under the third step of their porch, where some brush covers it for her. The spiral packages remain clean, while the plastic bag muddies after a week or two from torrents of rain and wind. Maria concocted this system soon after she and her wifeContinue reading “Follow Me Into The Forest”
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Blue is the Color
A bizarre constellation of cultural products for a gay man, drag and soccer, occupy most of my waking thoughts; but, now, this is where I’m ironic: modern gay life prides itself on contradictions. We adore five* gay men who transform schlubs into LinkedIn headshots, all the while complaining of superficial Grindr guys. We throw offContinue reading “Blue is the Color”
Liar, Liar
There is a man I sleep with from time to time who is very concerned with the possible existence of other partners. I lie to him. As far as he must know, there is only him; he is, after all, the only one who asks about others. I don’t lie to many people, in fact,Continue reading “Liar, Liar”
Content Mines
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do/with your one wild and precious life?” –Mary Oliver I have like six notebooks of garbage that I don’t know what to do with so I’m going to dump it all here. You are my Content Mine Canary, let me know if we’re gonna die in here.Continue reading “Content Mines”
LoFi-Aurora 