unpublished stuff

  • honest review of making an egg sandwich while you use the bathroom 2/27

    you said you want an egg sandwich so i go to make you an egg sandwich, pulling out the only clean pan and imagining myself in front of a big flat top, slinging eggs across it like a skilled diner cook. i light the stove, put the pan on it, and still smell whatever it…

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  • honest review of walking to the coffee shop without music 2/16

    my footsteps are louder than i thought. they clunk clunk down the back way, and though i’ve already planned to do this, walk to the coffee shop without music, as i open the back door my right hand reaches reflexively for my headphones. already. i have to consciously pull it back. i step out from…

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  • don’t stop me now

    “there are people looking at us right now thinking ‘what a horrible date’ these two are having.” you laugh pretty hard. i laugh too.  “we’re just comfortable not saying anything.”  i lean into my hand. “yes that’s true.”  i look around at the unusually crowded scene. this place we normally come to for a nice…

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