I don’t think you ever truly know when something great has ended. Because great things take time to become great. It’s a slow burn until one day you wake up and realize how great it really is, and you know life would be hard without it. It took 7 months until the first “I love you.” But I don’t think it took 7 months for the “I don’t love you anymore.” I don’t know how long it took, actually. I ca...

How can a mirror be broken while being fully intact?

This isn’t a philosophical, or even a rhetorical question as I truly believe all the mirrors in my apartment are somehow flawed in a way that I can’t understand. No, I’m not talking about looking in the mirror and feeling insecure because the lighting isn’t good or it’s angled to make me look like I weigh 10 pounds more than I do. And this isn’...

The faucet turns on. I glance at the kitchen, water gushing into the sink. I race in and slam the handle down, forcing the water off. Then, the tv springs to life. Frantically racing to the coffee table to grab the remote, I turn the tv off.

“OW! Jesus fucking Christ!” I yell, as every possible noise a house can cause has erupted all at once.

A cacaophony of music from the unused, dusty stereo.

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