Call it intuition though I have a suspicion that as a human that “feels it,” or at least pieces of it, sometimes, after years of looking into the mirror of existence and smiling back anyway, it becomes harder to keep “taking it.” It starts to hurt. So we ask ourselves, “What-can-we-do what-can-we-do what-can-we-do,” and sometimes it feels like we keep pulling up with nothing, wondering how much further we can go without gas? This is the cry of the dolphins Douglas Adams sang, those who riddle...

Call it intuition though I have a suspicion that as a human that “feels it,” or at least pieces of it, sometimes, after years of looking into the mirror of existence and smiling back anyway, it becomes harder to keep “taking it.” It starts to hurt. So we ask ourselves, “What-can-we-do what-can-we-do what-can-we-do,” and sometimes it feels like we keep pulling up with nothing, wondering how much further we can go without gas? This is the cry of the dolphins Douglas Adams sang, those who riddle...

Ouat, my bff, Jennifer, and I went to a casino. I was always ready for a road trip. We would drive into the mountains, stay up all night, me being super lifted and her with her Miller Lites, and we would just vibe, win or lose. We’d have secret jokes about the all-too-often repeated voiceover from the smoke-laden casino ceiling speakers: “Be sure to check out our new food court, now serving Hot Steamy Dogs!” We had the kinds of jokes you laugh aloud about even after decades because the connec...

Ouat, my bff, Jennifer, and I went to a casino. I was always ready for a road trip. We would drive into the mountains, stay up all night, me being super lifted and her with her Miller Lites, and we would just vibe, win or lose. We’d have secret jokes about the all-too-often repeated voiceover from the smoke-laden casino ceiling speakers: “Be sure to check out our new food court, now serving Hot Steamy Dogs!” We had the kinds of jokes you laugh aloud about even after decades because the connec...

Call it intuition though I have a suspicion that as a human that “feels it,” or at least pieces of it, sometimes, after years of looking into the mirror of existence and smiling back anyway, it becomes harder to keep “taking it.” It starts to hurt. So we ask ourselves, “What-can-we-do what-can-we-do what-can-we-do,” and sometimes it feels like we keep pulling up with nothing, wondering how much further we can go without gas? This is the cry of the dolphins Douglas Adams sang, those who riddle...

Call it intuition though I have a suspicion that as a human that “feels it,” or at least pieces of it, sometimes, after years of looking into the mirror of existence and smiling back anyway, it becomes harder to keep “taking it.” It starts to hurt. So we ask ourselves, “What-can-we-do what-can-we-do what-can-we-do,” and sometimes it feels like we keep pulling up with nothing, wondering how much further we can go without gas? This is the cry of the dolphins Douglas Adams sang, those who riddle...

There were places our hearts wouldn’t fit in, price’s much higher than the bargain bin, so we fought, bit in with tooth and pen, tried our damnedest to reach deep and not fall in, tho… a deal was a deal, I say goddamn! Sometimes you’d settle for just enough: one day soon, trickle downs must add up, /but you never liked math, never showed up, perfect scores but goddamnit… no money for lunch. Whaddya do when you’re hungry and just can’t get enough? When you’re starving and even Marvin’s tired o...

There were places our hearts wouldn’t fit in, price’s much higher than the bargain bin, so we fought, bit in with tooth and pen, tried our damnedest to reach deep and not fall in, tho… a deal was a deal, I say goddamn! Sometimes you’d settle for just enough: one day soon, trickle downs must add up, /but you never liked math, never showed up, perfect scores but goddamnit… no money for lunch. Whaddya do when you’re hungry and just can’t get enough? When you’re starving and even Marvin’s tired o...

I wrote some of this a while ago when I was still thinking things over. Before I learned to think less. Before I learned to Tl:Dr self. Though, I will probably distill it again at some point into a novel or a poem or a single dolphin call. The point is, we haven’t known what we haven’t known. Maya Angelou penned, “When we know better, we do better.” Yet, how often do we tell ourselves “Nah, don’t do that. Don’t be like that. Don’t go down in the basement!” and then do the exact opposite of in...

I wrote some of this a while ago when I was still thinking things over. Before I learned to think less. Before I learned to Tl:Dr self. Though, I will probably distill it again at some point into a novel or a poem or a single dolphin call. The point is, we haven’t known what we haven’t known. Maya Angelou penned, “When we know better, we do better.” Yet, how often do we tell ourselves “Nah, don’t do that. Don’t be like that. Don’t go down in the basement!” and then do the exact opposite of in...