(character count: 153; without title: 138)
Long Term Goals
Stendhal wrote that to create a novel one only needs to write twenty lines a day, genius or not. I'm working on twenty characters a day.
(character count: 151; without title: 139)
Mother and I
share everything: a name; birthday; intestinal disorders; and a pathological reluctance to sharing any details of our lives with the other.
(character count: 160; without title: 139)
What I Might Do Today
1-Coffee
2-Write 2 pages and 5 Twitterstories
3- Fold Laundry (optional)
4- Pay Bills (optional)
5-Run
6-Read at least 50 pages
7-Stop making lists
(character count: 145; without title: 138)
Violet
No electricity. In the half-light dawn, felled trees covered the street, houses, lawns. Who could we blame? How do you avenge a hurricane?
(character count: 164; without title: 137)
Your Pain Will Set You Free
He sat in the car, waves crashing over the frozen railing. If she was home, he didn't want to see her leave.
He'd drive permanently south.
(character count: 158; without title: 140)
'X' Marks The Spot
We had dug twelve holes before we realized the map was wrong. How to dispose of the shovels before mom used them on us was now the question.
(character count: 173; without title: 140)
Q & A With an Exasperated Writer
Q: How did you come up with the idea for your new book?
A: Yes.
Q: Mmm...do you worry the angry tone will upset your old fans?
A: I like cheese.
(character count: 110; with title: 134)
everything you ever said
is packed in an old cigar box
somewhere in
the back of a
storage closet i
rented five apartments
ago,
i think.
(character count: 111; without title: 86)
What Can Keep You Running
That knowing smile or wave when you pass by another running in the opposite direction.
(character count: 124)
Unrequited
She sits on the stoop, crying. He's unable to make her laugh, or see things differently. He sits with her anyway.
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