The Broken Machinery I’ve tried to unpick what made me like this only to accept that it doesn’t even matter, that sometimes it’s all just beside the point. Only survivors care about responsibility and it should be accepted that there are different levels of survival. Some things won’t be patched with a payout and there […]

DOWNPOUR IN THE CITY When it rains, the city is nothing but rain. There’s no parades. No chess in the park. No window shopping. Just rain. Like a friend who won’t stop talking. The rain blowing sideways like it’s late for a bus. The anonymous rain soaking me. The rain sliding down the sides of […]

Traffic Pointers for Your New Planet Greetings, alien! You may be wondering how to navigate. A few tips: Your spaceship requires two parking spaces. You might find a note on your windshield, saying “Learn to park, idiot!” Toss it in the trash. Avoid the mall. It’s full of crappy stores like American Outfitters and Torrid. […]

Rise up in splendor, Chicago! Rise up in splendor, Chicago! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord. See, darkness in the alleys, under viaducts, along the broken sidewalk concrete. See, thick clouds. The sun of morning shines on you and each wrinkle of the flat land, city of the middle, link between high […]

Juneteenth I sit in coffeehouses And read Tolkien Because Lincoln freed My ancestors  I can live ( almost ) Anywhere because Martin Luther King had the Audacity To believe we were as good As them I can eat in ( almost ) Any Resteraunt Cos Freedom Riders and Sit in-ers chose to listen To the […]