Digital images cast a reflection in her glasses as she glided a computer mouse back and forth… back and forth… back and forth as she synchronized herself with the computer in front of her, engrossed in the perfectly arranged colors, fixing her eyes between two vectors, slowly mouthing a digital repetoire in which time slowed […]

“Like the story of Sodom and Ghonorrea said…”
I laugh with no reserve. “Mom, its Sodom and Gomorrah.”
I’m used to my mother completely formulating a new take on the English language, but this mix-up had a stroke of brilliance in it. “I suppose in this day and age thats a pretty accurate description of the […]

“…And when your mother told me that you were gay, I wasn’t surprised,” my aunt stated casually as she plugged her fork into an artichoke heart. “I wasn’t surprised at all.”
The window blew through an open door, causing the napkins to blow around the table. I caught mine mid-air, and placed it back in my […]

The afternoon light floods through the window, the room thick with humidity. My sweaty palms grab the mangled sheets in frustration as I glance at the permanent folds in the fabric, crafted by moisture. Spears of dancing dust enclose the two of us, his unshaven face the only texture in a surrounding dulled by blinding […]

“Is he gay?” A woman whispers, with an incredulous pitch in her voice. It wasn’t really a whisper, as I could hear the question from across the room. I took two steps back, and put one foot forward. I decided to disregard the irreverant comment, and head into the next room.
Later that I day, I […]