Writing
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Distortion on TV
There’s a post I have sat on for a few months now. A post that I am not sure if I should write. It started back when we lost Andrea Gibson, one of my favorite poets. The shock that I felt when I read the news. The way my emotions boiled. It was as if Continue reading
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Hello, I’m
Labels: How I Interacted with Them, Where They Come From, What They Mean to Me The following is adapted from a presentation I gave in my Chicanx/Latinx Language & Identity class. Enjoy. Or don’t. It’s whatever. Americano: If I had asked my grandmother what I was, she’d say “americano.” This was her mindset. She was Continue reading
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Writing Poetry Is Hard
The ideas came from nowhere or, at least, that is how it seemed at the time. I could sit in my bedroom, mulling about or watching TV or reading a book or doing homework or whatever and this string of words would just come to me so I’d scramble to get a sheet of paper Continue reading
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Dear Teenage Dirtbag
What advice would you give to your teenage self? No matter what you think, there will always be some things that are out of your control. The sooner you accept this, the sooner you’ll stop being disappointed in people. Notice how I typed, “the sooner you’ll stop being disappointed in people” rather than “the sooner Continue reading
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An Atheist Christmas Special 2022
He spends too much time watching TV. Staring at the screen of his cell phone. Sometimes, he does both at the same time. Wasting hours that he’ll never get back watching media he won’t remember the next day. Remember that one TikTok video you watched while taking a shit? You sat there for at least Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 