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  • IV. The Midwest

    IV. The Midwest

    The roads would start to make sense near Clear Lake, Iowa. I had really been driving all day and night, and finally found where I needed to be. Not that I had any worries about it. As the tall grasses turned to corn, I found myself at peace with the road. It was like the… Read more

  • V. The Summer

    (Content warning: Self harm, Depression, Suicide) (Author’s note: This chapter, despite being at the beginning, Is the hardest to write. Some of the feelings I had here, I still have, but not to the extent I did when these events took place. Writing about these things are hard, and telling you about them is important… Read more

  • VI.

    VI.

    (content warning: depression, suicide, self medicating) I awoke at the crack of ass. I lie underneath the fiberglass fish for an extra half hour after my eyes were open, wondering what the fuck this thing was all about. There was evidently a body of water nearby, a small flowing stream, and a kiosk telling me… Read more

  • VII.

    In the morning I saw a rattlesnake coiled up near one of the semi trucks. It could have been some other kind of snake but I just assumed it was a rattlesnake, they are the only snake that has the balls to sleep under a semi truck. I told myself that is why I slept… Read more

  • VIII

    The winter sucks. Its cold, dreary, not pleasant to be outside most of the time. For me, The winter is just a time to work a shitty job. I did that. I was a Grocer, the night shift. I spent most days exhausted from the overtime, showing up to work late, listening to my iPod… Read more