Romance

By Jean Sibelius is what I’ve been playing on the piano recently. My dad asked me why I liked it. Which was a good question I’d never thought about it before. I like the part where a fermata hovers boldly over a bar. Fermatas mean hold longer than normal–it’s at the player’s discretion. But this […]

Wokesgiving

Mom: We shouldn’t even do thanksgiving anymore. The whole story is a lie. Do you know what really happened between the settlers and the Indians in Virginia? Me: You guys are pretty woke parents. Dad: What’s woke? Mom: AOC says the term woke is over. So Thanksgiving and woke are canceled this year but the […]

Webs

When I leave my bedroom in the morning I walk through a spiderweb. I try to pull it off of my body as if it’s a hair that can be snatched up and discarded. But it’s not a hair and I can’t quite grab it so it lingers and eventually dissolves. During the day I […]