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I'm Getting Away from MyselfRelationships “You know, the attraction wasn’t metaphysical,” I wanted to say, but I restrained myself. Everyone has his defense mechanism: detachment, aggression, appeasement. I specialize in caustic witticisms, or in always saying the wrong thing at the right time. The word “mechanism” applies to this type of behavior because it is exactly that – mechanical, automatic – but try explaining that to the girl facing you, mascara and eyeliner cascading over the precipice of her cheek bones, or else diverted into the reservoir of the crease juI'm Getting Away from Myself


What Sits in the CornerThere is a talking fern at Cipriano’s downtown. The owner, namesake of the restaurant, purchased it for a scant fifty dollar investment, as its previous caretakers couldn’t bear to keep it after their mother’s death. It sits in a corner now, where it enjoys making shadow puppets for the mahogany chairs circling its neighboring table. There are no special markings whatsoever to indicate its abilities: no signs, no personalized pot, no enchanted dirt. It simply observes the human migration, perhaps laughing at clever jokes told by nearby patrons. Sometimes I imagine the witty one-liners it must tell. “You know, I’m going to have to disagrWhat Sits in the Corner


GlowerThe raindrops of her words rolled off a petaled tongue, flying into my eye like mace at a self-defense class, That pepper rot you could taste if it wasn’t so far down your throat. Her beauty wafted on the breeze, then dissipated, ugly. She once said that life is easy as pie. The milky solution of love precipitated a jagged crystal of self-destruction, a shimmering star devouring hydrogen and helium, the Hindenburg crashing down into humanity. This will be my life, a tired train languoring through tired terrain, humming the saGlower
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