Journal

Dispatches and speculations from the American roadside.

Desecration

A news anchor said, “We are descending into something that is not the United States of America tonight.” I’m not sure if this is true.

The White House went dark tonight in response to the protests across the street and spreading throughout the nation.

The presence of the police introduces the prospect of violence like a promise, and that promise came true by nightfall.

A man stood before the crowd of reporters, his eyes filled with pain and conviction.

When I flipped on the news around midnight, my concerns about running, writing, teaching, and everything else felt stupid and indulgent.

The amount of incense smoke that darkens a temple’s ceiling demonstrates the popularity of that particular god.

I’m fantasizing about a sprawling network of night markets and bazaars that reclaim the streets and devour the cars.

After sixteen hours of talk radio, interstate winds, and screaming into metal boxes for food, my grip on the world grew slippery.

Riffling through my small box of family memories, I came across a note written in an unfamiliar hand.

Thinking about the blurry line between media consumption and my soul.

Time is a concept. Time is a flat circle. Clocks only measure other clocks.

Each morning I wake to the imaginary babble of fully-formed news reports and television clips while skating across sleep.