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Sockets and Flames

Ohio. Sunset: 7:01pm. When I stepped outside this morning, I saw my breath—the first frost of the season.

Interstate Scenes

Fires

Interstate Scene 7: Headlights and taillights shimmered, their drivers hopped up on coffee and talk radio.

Interstate Scenes

The Corners of the Ceiling

Interstate Scene 2: When she was a little girl, she would watch the darkness in her bedroom.

Ohio

May 4, 2022

There’s a waxing crescent moon, and I’m reading about God.

Ohio

January 14, 2022

There’s an old Roman maxim that fear gave birth to the gods.

Journal

Eve

My first concept of god came from It’s a Wonderful Life.

Journal

Pray

When I consider the man I want to become, I often picture myself as someone who prays.

Journal

Belief

Last night I woke in the middle of the night and wondered if it’s possible to believe in something otherworldly in 2020.

New York City

June 25, 2020

As I listened to a woman talk to the pigeons, I began humming that Jesus’ blood never failed me yet.

Journal

Saints

Tonight I’m going to play Funkadelic on repeat, dim the lights, make bad coffee, and write some purple prose.

New York City

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.

New York City

May 27, 2020

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

New York City

Dark

I remember watching the darkness in my bedroom when I was small, hypnotized by grey-pink flecks while I waited for sleep.

New York City

May 7, 2020

“Everything’s a mystery and I’m just another small part of it,” said a woman at a gas station in Barstow.

New York City

April 25, 2020

Strange how something you’ve heard a thousand times can suddenly knock you over.

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