—I DIDN’T KNOW I WAS LONELY UNTIL I SAW YOUR FACE

  

…That person who’ll show up at 2am when they shouldn’t—that’s a keeper for life.

 

…Two percent is not nothing. It’s something.

 

…Apparently I’m shrinking.

 

…That book’s not going to read itself.

 

…Someone actually asked me who Sparky is. (Thanks for reading. Seriously.)

 

…Most times when people say, “Thank you for sharing this” about your writing, what they’re not saying is, “This sucks and I’m not sure how to not say it sucks without hurting your feelings.”

 

…I think I’m done with doctors and that they’re done with me, God bless every one of them.

 

…“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” Jean Coceuco.

 

…April’s going to be interesting.

 

…There’s a lesson there, and a lesson in most things if you pay enough attention.

 

…The anger has to go someplace.

 

…I need to get better at letting things go.

 

…“It may be true that everything 

has already been said, 

but it’s just as true that not everyone 

has had a chance to say it.”

            —Dobby Gibson

 

…Even if you’re feeling especially jolly, dancing on a treadmill is probably a bad idea.

 

…Maybe I just need someone to remind me that the world’s beautiful.

 

…How lucky we are that we have each other.

 

…The problem is thinking you’re twenty-one when you’re far from it.

 

…“Everywhere we play the roles of characters dressed exactly as ourselves, though unconvincingly.” Dobby Gibson

 

…I’m here but I’m not.

 

…What are you reading?

 

…Jimmy doesn’t recognize his country.

 

…The hardest thing about dreams is explaining them to other people.

 

..“Seems like the world flows better when you really love someone. Screw what everyone else thinks, ‘cause Honey, if you feel good, you look good.” Shay Hixon

 

“I understand there’s a problem you need made a million times worse?”

 

…If I’m ever not here going on two weeks, you should call 911.

 

…Even when it’s not, poetry is always about love.

 

…“It is still the most popular subject of all time: love.” Dobby Gibson

 

...Sometimes it depends on the mirror. Sometimes a mirror is like a bad friend you don’t want to talk to or see anymore.

 

…It must be very awkward being the only one at the party.

 

…Just like you, I can’t leave.

 

…Do what you want, just don’t go dark on me.

 

…It’s probably a smart move to keep something plugged in.

 

…I don’t think you know who you’re dealing with here.

 

…The other day I learned there’s a gun shop in Woodinville called “Precise Shooter.” That kind of creeped me out.

 

…Many days it takes a lot of guts (or stupidity) to look at Facebook and not close the thing out.

 

…“Lack of communication can ruin a lot of good shit.” Shay Hixon

 

…The words you use matter, whether you realize it or not.

 

…All these years later, and I still can’t figure out how to do it the right way.

 

…Abnormal is always a shocking word when you get your results back, even if you don’t understand the numbers.

 

…I guess you’ll have to tell me what it all means.

 

…Wow, that’s a first.

 

…You’d never know Ukraine is still getting bombed every day.

 

…“I just let them guess how old I am and then no matter what they say I say right back, ‘Damn, you’re good at this’.” Shay Hixon

 

…Lately I’ve been having those dreams that are you impossible to describe that, if you try, the person kind enough to listen will think you’re nuts.

 

…When I told my kids I was done going to concerts you would have thought I told them they were adopted. They didn’t take it well.

 

…The point is—you decide.

 

…Social media can really kill a person.

 

…Bad tattoos are just bad tattoos, but I hope they’re really special for you.

 

…“Twice a day, for thirty seconds, tell someone how important they are to you, and why.” 

 

…Symbolism only makes sense if you want it to.

 

…Are you kidding me? What have I got to bitch about?

 

…I wonder if I would save his life, I had the chance to. 

 

…I guess I wondered why the, “WOW!”

 

…You get the news you get.

 

…It’s hard to write something about love and not feel like a poseur. But you should do it anyway.

 

…My friends keep telling me what an imbecile he is, and I already know that, but I join in on the conversation, and then I get amped up and I just want to rip a building apart.

  

…You could have done that, too, if you’d really wanted to.

 

…Might be time to pack it in. The wind’s stopped.

 

…Timing…

 

…I’ve never been a huge Jack Kerouac fan, but I know they’re out there. On March 12^th, which would have been Jack’s 104^th birthday, the “On the Road” scroll sold for $12.1 million at an auction making it the most expensive literary manuscript ever. Twenty-fiveyears prior, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts bought it for a (then) record of $2.4 million.

 

…It’s 7:30. We can laugh later.

 

…Maybe I don’t wanna know. Do you? 

 

…I’m awake, right? Maybe. Might be.

 

…If it’s in writing, you can’t deny it.

 

…“Before he left, he asked if I ever felt lonely here and I said, Of course not, I’m a writer.” Timothy Liu

 

--You know what I need?

--A hug?

--More paper.