Tag Archives: twenty-something
Hole Peas
I smelled her before I saw her, bourbon and dirty hair. I was in The Gallery, a “mall” in Center City Philadelphia that more closely resembles a prison gift shop. Roving gangs of armed teenagers, scratching addicts slumped on urine-soaked … Continue reading
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Tsunami Warning
I have a morbid preoccupation with death, and consistently fantasize about how I will eventually be killed. I say “killed” because there is a seventy percent chance of my demise resulting from someone else’s hand, and thirty percent due to … Continue reading
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Ass-igned Seating
Tension is an empty airplane seat. As much as we all think we’ve progressed from our elementary school days, we haven’t. And there is no better illustration of that fact than air travel; when adults are given assigned seats as … Continue reading
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World Wide Web
Eavesdropping on people is rude; though how else are you supposed to hear their conversations? One morning last week, I stepped outside on my deck in the warm still-rising sunshine and took in what would be the last breeze of … Continue reading
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Nervous Tick
I was bored yesterday so I signed online to have a conversation with a friend of mine, a girl in her mid-twenties who, despite what you’re about to read, has a rather sweet disposition. Sean: “Where is the last place … Continue reading
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A Beautiful Mind
One night last week I went to my medicine cabinet and removed two Nyquil tablets and a Tylenol PM. After brewing a cup of black coffee, I walked to my bedroom where I had placed an oscillating fan above a … Continue reading
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