Tag Archives: time

Time is on my Side

Posted on April 3, 2018 by jejunejesuit

Time is on my side. The buds of spring appear before my very eyes; the leaves spread open in the sun for me to watch. They say the moment rests upon a razor’s edge, the past behind, the future gone— … Continue reading →

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The Immersion of Memory

Posted on March 1, 2018 by jejunejesuit

It’s dumping down outside, mazes of pockmarked rainwater running everywhere on the ground. My life is made up of memories—this shirt I got from a different place, reminding me of this person—every piece of clothing on my body is linked … Continue reading →

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Reinvention

Posted on October 29, 2017 by jejunejesuit

I woke up in a rage. The feeling of disgust as I saw everything around me arranged in exactly the same way. The old objects splayed around my room in their respective posts, the sun tilting through the windows as … Continue reading →

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Seedlings

Posted on July 4, 2017 by jejunejesuit

  How can I look back on you with anything but reverence? How to cast the eye of memory back to any of the times we shared and not be humbled, have my heart melt and the coil within my … Continue reading →

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Years

Posted on March 7, 2014 by jejunejesuit

I am often afraid that the years will leave me. If I stop pursuing, if I take a break, someone will catch up to me, proving me fraud, and all the capacity that’s come to me over the years will … Continue reading →

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Wear

Posted on November 18, 2013 by jejunejesuit

The clothes you love are not the newest, the shiny dresses all in vogue. Your favorite clothes have stood the test of time—they’re worn ragged, they are frayed. They’re no longer here. They get thrown away. My clothes are mostly … Continue reading →

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smd

Posted on April 26, 2013 by jejunejesuit

Time marches inexorably on, and soon I will die. What are the most satisfying things you do in a given day? That first stretch when you wake up? Eating? Taking a shit? Going back to sleep again? I’m here to … Continue reading →

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