A storm sagged the June sky until it purpled. Wind moved the grass. A field that stretched on until the earth curved and disappeared. They sat on the porch together, one rocking and one still. “What is it feel like? To be dead, I mean?” “It ain’t like nothing.” “Does it hurt?” “No. Burns though, like a […]
I heard her say, “The risk of youth is recklessness And the reward of recklessness Is revolution”. When she kissed me, I tasted Cherry lipstick and cigarette filters. She, the girl who spoke nonchalance and flicked out words: Verisimilitude, subversion of dominant paradigms, recalcitrance, And love. We were 17. She listened to the dangerous music […]