Goodnight Cat

Goodnight Cat

• Sweet
  She holds the hard muscle of her inner thigh and pleasures herself. The bathroom is wheelchair friendly and asks employees to please wash their hands in five languages.
• Medusa (a scene inspired by Caravaggio’s painting)
  "I can't look at you." She hunches over the sink in the dark bathroom, covering her ears when an ambulance screams by outside the window. "I'm sorry for ruining the evening."
• This End Up
  $4.02. No, I don’t have change. I am ready to accept my abundance of change.
• Insomnia
  The insomniac Dreams only in fantasies While the whole world sleeps
• Dmitri The Sheep
  “Leave” his eyes say like the desperate repeating eyes on an abandoned roll of photo booth snapshots
• Snapshot
  “I’m not ready for this to end, I still feel like I’m dreaming.” “What’s wrong with that?” “I don’t want to wake up.” I watch her above me in that dark bus, the passing street lamps lighting her face, broken in time like flashes in a photo booth. Fey takes my hand in hers and [...]
• A conversation between a man on acid and a chair
  “You never let me hold you, you’re always pushing me away like I’m made of ice!” The chair glared across the room, folding its arms. “Tell me once, just once when you were there for me. Hmm? What about when I was arrested?” The chair sighed loudly letting a cacophony of springs be heard. “That’s [...]
• Dairy Clerk
  $4.17, no I don’t have change. I am ready to accept my abundance of change. Here’s a ten. Mocha frap, the Barista is overweight with a hiked up A-shirt. Her arms have a thick layer of thin hairs the same way a naked mole rat is considered “hairless”. Whipped cream, yes, chocolate syrup, yes. Since [...]
• Her Mascara Ran… Part II
  The tips of her fingers run across the piano keys, barely touching, making no noise. The smoke of the club clings to the walls and floor. The stage lights are still on, the house lights have been off all night. 2, 3… 2, 3… “You know” she tells me, “you can’t really tame a cat.” [...]
• Pirates of the very shallow chlorinated water
  “Set sail to the furthest horizon! You shall not know the smell of the sea until you’ve sailed as I have and I will not rest a weary eye until you have done just that!” the captain yells, his thick neck rumbling with his words like a washing machine. His pants are worn thin around [...]