DAYWALKING

22 April 2023, 19:51

Last time that I checked, he had a good thing going, así que no lo chingas, ¿oíste?

Last time that I checked, he struggled to silence his near-maniacal drive to imagine and understand all parts of everything.

Last time that I checked, there were a thousand more like him.

Last time that I checked, he had a little hydra in his blood: cut off his head, and three more straight, white, cis-Christian men who think they’re artists will multiply from the bloody stump of a neck you left behind. (Yikes, scary!)

Last time that I checked, his kind have had all the attention and power for years, years, years. (When will he be replaced? Soon, hopefully.)

Last time that I checked, all the contemplators had died of thirst because too much introspection is like tapping a dry well and expecting it to yield waters of life.

Last time that I checked, a storm was coming to kill the lights, and murder was on the beat, waiting for the death of an idea.

Last time that I checked, there was poison in his head what needed letting out onto the page before it really did infect what remains of his sanity.

Last time that I checked, he couldn’t help but be dramatic; otherwise, boredom might say it had a home in the Hundred-Acre Wood he calls his backyard of a brain.

Last time that I checked, it was starting to rain, and the fallen branch on which he sat was making his legs fall asleep.

Last time that I checked, his cowboy boots were dusty and yearned to be danced in.

Last time that I checked, if he cannot let it go, then it is not worth holding on to.

Last time that I checked, he thought he was a master of telling half-truths.

Last time that I checked, he hopes not to be read literally.

Last time that I checked, he is not me.

Last time that I checked, he was not alone.

Last time that I checked, he uses the wrong tense to manipulate time because life can only be understood backward, though it must be lived forward. (Tak, Søren.)

Last time that I checked, Pop was dead, and Luke couldn’t move on from his past.

Last time that I checked, he needed to forgive others in order to be forgiven.

Last time that I checked, he was sorry for his choice of words.

Last time that I checked, they would meet again, and soon.

Last time that I checked, everything was okay.

Last time that I checked, love never fails.

Last time that I checked, God is good.

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