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I have left you, my island
But, I missed the ocean — or something like it — most of all.
One year of (un)intentional final texts to end my 30’s
My life was never supposed to become a saga. Sometimes you never get another chance, sometimes you never take another chance, sometimes you never know. It’s been a while now, that I’ve been back in the online dating world.
When You First Wake Up
When you first wake up Just for a moment There is no revolution No killing and slapping and gassing Everything is quiet, had never existed Black blank It is not cold and dewy on the windows And you are fine
The Day When
There was nothing to laugh about Payam stopped dancing Stopped making fun of his dad’s silly screaming Started crying and imploring Tara stopped acking Stopped smiling and snacking, so unethical Started teaching and absorbing pain Maz stopped cracking jokes Stoodup standup Started marching The day when there was nothing to study Leila stopped…
For the Persians of the Final Revolution
We saw it all with you
Wailing behind a photo of her son
The only necessary proof
Hurling wild hair
Shining in Tehrani sun on paled scalps
Clutched in fistfulls pouring over gravesides
Dear Auntie Misty,
Though I have to say I’m a bit disappointed, I’m not surprised. I know you know, and I know I’m guilty as well, but you’ve really got to be more careful on the internet. Since it’s pretty much just you and me here (which is not to imply for a moment that I’m unthankful!), I…
Questions from a writer to a listener
My dad loses more and more of his hearing as the years go by, so he wears hearing aids most of the time, but if you walk up behind him while he’s engrossed in the computer and say something within a foot or two you get to feel guilty while you watch the force of…
A ‘Strange Snow’ indeed: A critical analysis of the author’s early author/illustrator works
My maternal grandfather died very suddenly and shockingly of a heart attack while out of state on a business trip at age 45, never even getting to say good-bye
The Strangest Snowy Day
A mildly dramatic reading. Chapter 1 https://www.tiktok.com/@jaybhughes
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