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The swan flew in on a wet Monday morning; I didn’t notice her until midday when her great white form floated into view as I was clearing dishes from the sink. Her mate was nowhere to be found. She spent the rest of that Monday in the water, taking turns cleaning her undercoat and sleeping,Continue reading “The Swan”

The last conversation we have is on the rooftop of a Hong Kong hotel the year I was supposed to go home with Constantine, but then he left me, like I left you. You have a cigarette and I look at the swimmers on the pool, kids wearing arm floaters, little butts in ruffled swimsuitsContinue reading “The Last Conversation”

I spent a few years in the Pacific Northwest working in IT. Loved the job, hated living there. Here are some things I overheard or were told to me, in all earnestness/unironically (irony was rare there): A guy I literally just met and said “Nice to meet you” to, apropos of nothing: “I’m about asContinue reading “Things NW people have said”