Xanadu
 

A flimsy, thin thread encapsulates your body. It works its way through your epidermis, retina, cochlea, And finally—your parietal lobe....

Following the rules is easy— Go on green, stop on red. Yet a ruby red Mustang Blazes past the first stop sign. Red means stop. Follow...

My eardrums are hollow. Your voice gets lost in the canyon — I can’t hear you. Butchered affirmations and sermons of tender sentiment....

Dust settles on the book cover. Every chapter has dog-eared pages, with scribbled notes in the margin. The spine is cracked and crooked,...

Grab your portmanteau Start moving—we’re walking to the Chateau Stone windows, art nouveau Distant cousins dressed like hoes Take...

I look at my heart placed so carefully upon the porcelain plate. Same place as always with only one new addition. Utensils stick out,...

False promises, false advertising that this wouldn’t be a bad course to take. I don’t need this to graduate, I didn’t need him in order...

That night, all I knew was pain. Like needles piercing my soft skin, tears rolling down my face. Sobs echoed in my room as I thought that...

Fast feet at the ring of alarm bells Cafeteria sit down chats and soggy taco shells Security guards suspecting back room bails ...

Antique doll, fragile as a delicate whisper— limbs like slender twigs. She sits in silence, soft echo of a bygone era, a relic of...