topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at the PenTales event themed “Borders” When I first decided I was going to move to New York for some amount of time, which was by complete and utter dumb coincidence shortly after Meira (my girlfriend) decided she was going to NY, and after […]
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Borders” Just be strong. Get in there, do it, and get out. Nice and quick, like a band-aid. Just be strong. Be strong. BE STRONG! George was thinking so hard he was mouthing the words without realizing. He was […]
topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations” Everyone came to their wedding, everyone in the community and all her relatives from Israel, Monsey, England and Russia, and other Rabbanim from epicenters of study and leadership. He had never seen so many hats […]
topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Love and Heartbreak” You were in a dream I had. I was buying candles for Chanukah at a supermarket and they huddled in a molten grey lump at the bottom of my shopping cart. The front wheel […]
topic: BORDERS medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Borders” Watch Danny tell his story on Youtube! Finally, time for a smoke. Jack reached into his jacket pocket as he walked down the street away from the restaurant. His three-hour dinner with Marcus had been pleasant enough, but […]
topic: LOVE AND HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Love and Heartbreak” These words I put on paper What do they mean? A window in to my soul Perhaps, so it may seem. Words of hope, fear, and love But are there words of God above? […]
topic: Monogamy medium: Text There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. The conclusion to what turned out to be her suicide note, her final goodbye. She had her demons and I mine, but we always had each other…even when we didn’t. There isn’t a moment […]
topic: Monogamy medium: Text What do I think of monogamy? Honestly? Honestly, I think it’s a outmoded, outdated, bullshit social construct designed and propagated for and by the weak and faint of heart that only retains relevancy and continues to be proliferated as an all-encompassing, strive-worthy ideal because the mob […]
topic: CHANGE medium: TEXT as shared at a PenTales event themed “Freedom and Power” Sometimes – usually when I’m avoiding real responsibility – I juice up my laptop and pull up old files of things I’ve written. Essays, usually. Or long, aimless letters to family, friends… former friends. It’s an innocent, soothing […]