Author Archives: Justin

For many many years I held a practice of carrying heavy things.  There were branches, bundles, wheel boroughs, persons, abstractions of course: “the weight of the world!”; the bonds of so many friends, the promise of a purer life, the … Continue reading →

So Jesse (me bro) asked me to write a couple songs for Adventure Time and they aired! Here’s a youtube link: Breezy Songs  

Golden, red. Bleached and red. Tattooed pale arms. Teeth and squinting. Dark rimmed eyes paint scrapped windows through inside walls and up stairs eyes each time tromping up and down eyes stuck up stairs and red dresses and black tights … Continue reading →

3. Carrying Buckling, burning, failing, so quickly, three, maybe a fourth step and he lurches forward and the stone stops in the exact place it lands.  He arches back amazed by the relief and in so much pain, everything screaming. … Continue reading →

2. Lifting Second or third largest?  It is the largest that he could budge, and budging is something completely different from lifting and carrying.  As pretty as the stone is it is awkward: taller than the boys torso and head, … Continue reading →

1. Choosing There is a heap of stones.  At first the seemingly twiggish boy chooses the largest of the bunch.  But giving all his back – “all” save tearing lean muscles from thin bone – he can’t shift the thing; … Continue reading →

I just added a page to this website: “Academic” It hosts my year long Senior Study that I completed for partial fulfillment of my undergraduate studies at Goddard College. There are three main projects: 1. I’m Fine (Novella) 2. [t]he … Continue reading →

You know it’s like I really really really want water, and I am sitting near a stream.  And if I drink the water I think it would be bad for some reason but I can’t remember why.  And when I … Continue reading →

There is a monster. She is a terrific beast and I am so entirely at her mercy. I cannot slay her, she is a lamb – no, a treasure that must be left to live and grow. I could infect … Continue reading →