A week to rebuild pillars Marble reveries and mortar tears Create a new foundation Still flimsy From fracturing Yet stronger From being tempered In the heat Of overpriced Tex-Mex And the warm sting Of bourbon Soon to be quenched In the cold embrace Of home
Category: A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life: Goodbye, Seamus
You would not *believe* the effort I put in to get you. I had spent my entire childhood being told by mom that we couldn't get a dog ("allergies", I guess. Right.) But when I was a freshman in high school, our grandpa had just passed. And I think all of us needed someone new … Continue reading A Day in the Life: Goodbye, Seamus
A Day in the Life: A Poem from a San Antonio Air BnB
The sign on the toilet says Not to flush the toilet paper But to throw it in the trash instead I flush it just the same In order there is anarchy Distress And the trash The cause of my anxiety Shall instead be a receptacle for my discontent For in order there is distress Anarchy … Continue reading A Day in the Life: A Poem from a San Antonio Air BnB
A Day in the Life: A Day in Haikus
I stare at the back Of my gossamer eyelids As sleep eludes me The ceiling fan spins Above my prostrate body As I face the dawn The taste of last night's Bourbon still sticks to my tongue Colgate, please help me Coffee and silence The highlight of a morning Soon to go to hell Within … Continue reading A Day in the Life: A Day in Haikus
A Day in the Life: Nocturnal Struggles
There are many things in this world that I'm not particularly great at. Cutting in a straight line, for example. I had a kindergarten teacher back in the day who took such umbrage at my inability to snip along a straight, perforated line that she attempted to hold me back for a year, such that … Continue reading A Day in the Life: Nocturnal Struggles
A Day in the Life: A “Literal” Day
After a few weeks of waxing poetic on the wildly uninteresting inadequacies in my life, I've come to the realization that I've never actually detailed a full *Typical* day in my life. Stories and colorful anecdotes, while entertaining, only provide glimpses into reality. It's like only looking at photos from that trip you took last … Continue reading A Day in the Life: A “Literal” Day
A Day in the Life: Emo’s Not Dead
I grew up in the golden age of emo. It was an era of Converse sneakers and angsty AIM away messages. The general aesthetics of the time were as black as a night with no moon, and equally as poetic. Indecipherable pop punk lyrics were all the rage, as were run-on sentence song titles (*I'm … Continue reading A Day in the Life: Emo’s Not Dead
A Day in the Life: The Last Unicorn (Tom Talks Books ep. 1)
Unicorns are objectively one of the coolest mythological animals in (hypothetical) existence. There are a lot of bitter naysayers out there who disagree. In their callous hearts and myopic worldview, they hazard to toss out such misguided phrases as "It's literally just a magical horse with a horn on its head". To which I say, … Continue reading A Day in the Life: The Last Unicorn (Tom Talks Books ep. 1)
A Day in the Life: Taco Bell
I am a generally healthy person. I sleep the doctor-recommended 3.5 hours per night, only consume alcohol before, with, and after meals, and over the last year have only been diagnosed with five *very small* (yet deeply related) medical issues. I usually remember to eat every day, and drink more than enough water to stave … Continue reading A Day in the Life: Taco Bell
A Day in the Life: Living Alone
During my freshman year of college, I lived in a dormitory with an old high school friend. For the sake of anonymity, we'll call him "Jeremy". Jeremy was an all-around solid dude. Sure, he never gave me any free wontons or egg rolls despite being the son of local Chinese restauranteurs; and yeah, he made … Continue reading A Day in the Life: Living Alone
The Existential Wannabe 