July 14th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink
Another slow night in the cab. The streets were vacant, other drivers dropping off the radar like 16 year old sailors. What little money I made from my first trip had to be burned on coffee two hours later.
She…
Read More...3 Comments »July 13th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink
Harvey Pekar died and sales of American Splendor went through the roof. I’m guessing, but I know it, the way I know you saw him as a character in a movie, or as a guest on Letterman, or you hadn’t…
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We sat on the porch
drinking and smoking
forgetting the bugs
attacking my ears and
her ankles
She said “Please
don’t start taking yourself
seriously
That
would be a tragedy”
A crash
July 13th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink
God
Created Me
So I wouldn’t believe
in Him
A dumb man
Could believe
An ignorant
bitch
Is the happiest kind
This fruit is
fresh and rotten
Just how I like it…
July 12th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink
Sleep
is all I want
A cave
a tree
a hundred years
No explanations
Leave my work
to the other slaves
They’ll never miss me
Wake me up
from the American Dream
…
July 12th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink
What’s your favorite movie?
It seems like a simple question. A basic expression of taste in the great American art form. Harmless, right?
People used to read books; they once shared them, and talked about their interpretation for hours. The…
Read More...11 Comments »July 10th, 2010 - Tyler - permalink
The following is based on a writing prompt given to me by Essie in the forums over at 20 Something Bloggers
My girlfriend
had been reading
too much Literotica
Our sex life
was…
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