Wear as many clothes as possible, as often as possible. Avoid cameras, mirrors, and other reflective surfaces.
He drove past the old house on the way to the liquor store. The familiar bay window above the porch, where she used to sit waiting when he came home. Halfway down the block he had to pull over. He couldn’t go forward, and he couldn’t go back.
Not really a grid, but grid-signifying ornamentation.
Thank you for seeing me. I really think I’m un—
raveling.
Unrav—
Unraveling.
Wait—are you actually making fun of my voice?
Your choice of words. A bit maudlin and clichéd.
All words are clichés—that’s why they’re words, for fuck sake. I can’t believe I’m paying you 250 an hour—
And there it is—I wondered how long til you brought it up.
When the pet adoption form reveals itself to be an unexpected inquiry into mortality.
The parallel life his father had always sensed, shimmering just out of reach, riding a limitless cusp of possibility that never materialized.
Do gorillas throw shit in the wild?