—IT’S THE SEASON OF THE STICKS
--Are you buying?
--Not whatever you’re selling.
…I’m the one in the empty row.
…I’ve set my bar for joy a lot lower.
…You look like you don’t believe me.
--Would you ever be surprised if I actually killed myself?
--Have you read your blog?
…Hearing an old man say, “Aww, Fuck,” off the tee is kind of special.
…“Do you think I tell you too much?”
…Typos—I hate them, but they’re kind of like regrets—you just have to let them go, even if you don’t want to.
…I know, I know, I’m almost done.
…Yeah, I realize I should have done that when I had the chance.
…I may or may not be. Your call on that.
…Do you cry because you have to or because you don’t have a choice?
…You got it mostly right. I’ll give you props for that.
…You once call me forever, now you still can’t call me back.
…This is why you always bring extra books.
…You should drive more because God knows you’re a good driver. Patient, too.
…“It felt good to give something away that hadn’t been asked for.” Lily King
…I hope you know what you’re doing.
…Words aren’t always the most reliable things.
…The really great thing about tomorrow is that it’s there.
…Because I’m not sure. I’m never sure. Is that enough?
…I’m pretty sure I have nothing left to tell you, but let me know if I’m wrong about that.
...Water—what a concept!
…What time is it there?
…Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion
…Try trying to respond to that irony.
…Supreme Court Further Weakens Voting Rights Act
…It doesn’t always come out in the wash.
…TIME TO STAND
…I’m living in the backseat.
…This is a pretty good song, though.
…I’m well aware that I cling too much, but I only do so with the ones I love most.
…Message to STEVE LEATHAM failed to Send.
…You must have had yourself a change of heart like halfway through the drive.
…“She was aware that the story you think you know is never the real one.” Lily King
…My mouth was designed for my foot to fit in it.
…That was funny for a while.
…Wow. I got nothing.
…Someday, I think, I won’t look at all.
…Talk about a train wreck, I wish you could see it? Shouldn’t you be the one to see it? If not you, I guess I’ve got no one.
...I’m Going to leave it at that.
…It’s been a beautiful, tough night. Have your you ever had one? No? Lucky you.
…Here we go.
…There you go again.
...Silly boy.
…Okay, lets let it play. It’s just Middle School Kids after all.
…I don’t much, but I don’t think it’s supposed to feel like this.
…Tell me, again, please about being happy.
…You don’t always see how other people are shaping you.
…“Carry on. You can do this. This is important.” Lily King
….there’s a shotgun over there, but I swear I’ve never seen it before.
…Maybe we’ll actually make it this time. Expiration date and all that.
…“I thought we had time. Despite everything, I believed we had time. Love’s first mistake. Love’s only mistake.” Lily King
…Please let’s not play at anything.
…I’ve used up all my tricks.
…There is no one alive who can possibly play a song that he loves as much as me on repeat.
…You can definitely tinker with poems too much, until they lose their original meaning or intent.
…I wrote that a hundred different ways.
…The key, with almost everything, is telling yourself, “That’s enough.”
…Maybe I’ll be better when I’m older.
…Yes, yes, I would. I would love a glass of wine right now.
…I must have missed it again.
…I guess I don’t know what that means.
…Who’s at fault here, and why does it matter?
…Remember when you said you felt like a ________?
…Who am I kidding?
