Keisha selected a strawberry swirl cupcake from the waiter's tray, so pretty, from the hottest, coolest, newest patisserie. Moist strawberrylishious cake, swirly pink frosting, sprinkles. Keisha was one lucky lady, scoring a bizdev gig at recession-proof…

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Man waters Earth with his eyes.

All this academic detritus -- who should she choose?

i pour a bowl of Rice Krispies stand there and stare at your picture on the refrigerator door it's been three days three days and no sound i flip on the bathroom light the goldfish are dead you were the one to feed them …

Hands The cracks in my hands told me I'd live forever. They told me that one day I'd be wealthy. When my hands held you for the first time I knew it to be true.

I'm on a bus surrounded by people but alone. We are all of us alone. I look out the window I wonder: Does time have a beginning? Is time cyclical? A bus line to the metro? Did the earth emerge from the Orion Nebula?…

I wait for the small gap of time where the note vibratos into nothingness...