Monthly Archives: September 2010

After We’d Slaughtered The Chickens

After We’d Slaughtered The Chickens

After we’d slaughtered the chickens and pulled out their insides, there was nothing to do but go home. I spray-hosed the clots of blood and …

 

Kansas City Bar, 3am

Kansas City Bar, 3am

“Don’t do this,” he told me. “You’ll regret it. Why chickens? Honestly that’s the worst animal you could have chosen.” “Really? But they’re like, small and …

 

I Set Out One Night

I Set Out One Night

The rainy night I stumbled out of our apartment to get a cab to the nearest cheap hotel, I had forgotten what breaking up feels …

 

Dog Honeymoon: Over

Dog Honeymoon: Over

The more horrified I am by a thing’s mere existence on this earth, the more effort he will put into getting that thing in his …

 

I Love You

I Love You

“When you’re around, I feel like the Grinch at the end of the story” I said. “You feel like . . . the Grinch?” he said. “Oh, …