Inside Voices

I yawned, put my car in 1st gear, checked the rear view mirror, and waited for the light to change. I was totally exhausted, stressed...

You pussy ass ho! Clean up your own shit, wrap up that pad and put it in the trash. I ain’t your mama and I ain't going to clean up...

“Jacks or better to open,” Steve said, like we didn’t already know. We’d all set up for poker night in our tiny kitchen, drinking and...

I was born— I guess that goes without saying, in Wilmington, Delaware— at the beginning of the last year before the 60’s started. Went to...

A-“Sup?” B-“Trying To Get Ready For Inspection. No Books Out, God Forbid. Shoes Facing The Front, You Know How It Is.” A-“That Part.”...

“Time, time, time… Linear time, doing time, time-out time, quiet time, prayer time Time for chow, rec, legal mail, 9 o’clock call outs…...

Rotten eggs or destiny? I tried to resign myself to never having my own child to hold. I had lost so much, too much, over and over the...

Don’t stop till you hear ten! That’s what your grandma said about booking up a car. I don’t get it. Of course you don’t – you’re growing...