Missouri & Tennessee

Some things work. Ibuprofen. Sad songs. Our last night in Memphis, as my body wearily attempted to digest fried eggs, grits, biscuits, a milkshake, and french fries, the one-side-of-head headache I got undulated with my pulse. In twenty minutes, it was gone, sudden as a bird flies off. My sister played the saddest song as […]

Stroll

I got up to pee, and I thought, I’m off the couch. I can make myself go out now. And I did! It was incredible. The desire to remain at home lingers, post-covid. Post all the recent traumas. But I was up! Up! And down the stairs, and out. One house down, the cement bird […]

Super

Wednesday, I walked down to the Super Bowl parade. Now: I am deeply troubled by the complete bullshit that is naming the team “Chiefs,” and the accompanying creepy racist shit that grows on its edges like a bad fungus. My friend lives across the street. I loaded up a backpack, and defended my decision to […]

CAW

I know the crows don’t care. It’s the end of the semester. I know, crows, you don’t care. Fora little over 100 years, American schools have used this A-B-C-D-F system to do something. No one’s quite sure what. It might be about showing mastery of various skills, or maybe about knowing facts, or maybe completing […]