[Audio clip: view full post to listen] he was holding her hand when the world changed. one moment she was laughing and he was admiring her generous spirit. her freedom. and then it hit him. something had changed. profoundly changed. this was not the same person. this was not okay.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] it’s the first time he’s been alone with her. he scheduled a six-top conference room to prep a powerpoint deck explaining third quarter dividends. it’s his presentation, but her boss asked her to contribute a pair of slides, 3-d pie charts breaking out revenue by market. she grabs [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] once he was in love. once. but not anymore. far from it. it was all the touching. she liked backrubs, and he was cursed with strong hands. it would have been a perfect match if only he had some patience, if only he liked to give back rubs, [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] he’s twenty-seven. he sits in his apartment, a movie on the dish. he pours himself another drink. he likes to get just the right amount of wasted before calling it a night. it takes careful calculation. with the hard stuff, you really have to pace yourself. it’s not [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] at the end of the longest day she can remember, mrs. kelly pulls into the parking lot of the children’s hospital. it’s been years since she’s been here. thirteen to be exact. she’s tired of being exact. she starts to climb out before she’s turned off the engine. [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “don’t move. i’ve almost got your left eye.” kevin does as he’s told, watching rachel scribble and erase, scribble and erase. “are you almost done?” she focuses on the sheet of paper in front of her, “every time you move, you make it take longer.”
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “not again.” max sits on the couch, a news bulletin has interrupted his basketball game. his roommate looks up from facebook. “what is it?” “another guy killing defenseless people.”
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] think of the millions of cars on this planet. the millions driving around. the millions rusting in wrecking yards and standing on blocks. the millions that exist only in the memory of humans long dead. so many goddamn cars. why would he ever think he could possibly make it to [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] another unfamiliar bed. although this one is oddly familiar. she stares at the institutional acoustic paneling on the ceiling, looking for patterns in the tiny holes, stringing together constellations, waiting for the transition between one unreality and another.
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] he’s hungover. he stares in the mirror. his face is fleshy, somehow misshapen, as if viewed through a wide angle lens. he swallows a handful of aspirin and starts the shower. hot water only. she was up before him. her side of the bed was made. her clothes [...]
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