I’ve just learned how to gossip. I mean, not *just* now; in the last few months. I was never much for gossip when I was pupating, because I didn’t really get the point. I guess I still don’t…not *really*…I mean, … Continue reading →
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centre of the universe: Hubris, a Guest Post
Hubris* By Aidan Delivered to Mrs. Collicutt’s class, 1980 Hello everyone. I am so glad to see you all here today. For my presentation Mrs. Collicutt asked me to pick a word to talk about so I am here to … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Sodium
I imagine Your face bathed in the diffuse orange glow of a sodium street lamp The curvature of your jawline casts sharp shadows You shrug into a light leather jacket Where are we? Where are we going? Your only answer … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Sodium
I imagine Your face bathed in the diffuse orange glow of a sodium street lamp The curvature of your jawline casts sharp shadows You shrug into a light leather jacket Where are we? Where are we going? Your only answer … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Winter Wind
It seems today is the first day of winter I turned my back away, thinking I would not feel the chill of your leaving Still, it blasts through me. Your heart full to bursting I wasn’t there to wish you … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Six of Thirteen
The spring of 1997 I moved in with Drang, and one of his best friends used to spend a lot of time at the house. His friend was drop-dead sexy, rather shy, with a biting wit and a soft-spoken nature. … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Right Now
It seems I will never sleep again Or else sleep too deeply for the rest of time Today I hate Sundays because Sundays are a day of goodbyes My soul is raw and tender with your leaving We created the … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Attitude/Platitude
There is a very fine line between attitudes and platitudes. That may well be the most clever thing I have ever written in my life. With the exception of that other super clever thing I wrote one time. Which I … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: On the Other Hand
In the words of Scarlett O’Hara, “tomorrow is another day”. Except I mean that in terms of thinking about yesterday. Which is to say if I’d have said it yesterday, it would have been pertaining to today, which is really … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: My Wednesdays are more like Mondays
A while back, I submitted a fairly hastily thrown-together manuscript for a ‘new writers’ publishing contest. The manuscript wasn’t as ready as it should have been, and in fact, was pretty bare on content. So I wasn’t surprised when I … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Hibernia Burning
Words won’t let me settle I held you under water My mouth covered yours Not in passion, but to steal your last breath I have been Cassiopeia tumbling inverted through the winter sky I have been Hibernia burning yet nothing … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: We’re Doing It Wrong
I watched a video today that a friend (a couple of friends, really) shared. It’s embedded down there. The long and short of it is that a boy who has gone through shite with bullies is not giving up. I … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: To Speak Without Speaking
Let us have this conversation, then The one that begins in separate rooms with averted glances. Let us cross paths as less than strangers In great wide swaths and arcing patterns Thank God for passageways. Every word is a strategy. … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Driving all day makes one circumspect
I don’t say this enough. One of the very best things about being cenobyte is the quality and quantity of cenobyte’s friends. Thank you for being so wonderful. And especially for putting up with the likes of cenobyte.
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Poopulator
Okay, so, early this morning, I went to the radiologist for a barium swallow. You may remember this from such posts as : “I drank chalk”. It is now almost 12 hours later, and it’s time for an update. See, … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: I drank chalk
It was frigging awesome. First, they gave me something “to put air in my belly”. “It’s a solid gas,” she said. “It will dissolve in your mouth,” she said (it didn’t. I was hoping for Pop Rocks, but it was … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Even if they don’t hear you on the ice
They usually hear you in the stands. I accidentally hollered “THE NEUTRAL ZONE IS NOT A HOT TUB!” because our players were a little dawdly in today’s game (which started out as 4-1 for, and ended up as 11-10 against … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Truism
For every what if?, there is an equal, and opposite and then.
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Sage Words of Advice
“I really really wish that it wasn’t just expected that boys are supposed to ask girls out on a date. Because all of the guys I know are super shy and are terrified of asking girls out on a date. … Continue reading →
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Banjos
More to the point, I love this band. And I really love this song. I think they wrote this about me. Which was very kind of them, really. It’s like the meanest thing ever written ever. But I forgive you, … Continue reading →
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