Not By Blood, But By Spirit

I’ve found myself on many planes recently, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that some of y’all really need to clean out your pools. Them things lookin’ greener than a tree frog on Saint Patrick’s Day, goddog! 

I am the funniest bitch at the gynecologist

The car is rattling. It's subtle; you wouldn't notice it if it wasn't your car. You've been driving it for years. You turn the music up louder and try not to worry.

The check engine light is on.

After all, do they not bleed?

There’s no ache like hometown ache

I still think about you, by the way.

How could I not? We grew up together. You can see in our cadence, in our mannerisms. We are permanently intertwined to an extent, whether we we'd like to be or not. You shaped me, and I shaped you.

My father still talks about you too. We were products of our environment. And it was not fair to us. I hope you know that. How they spoke to and about us affected us in ways intangible.

I hope you are well, wherever you may be. I think I will always love you, in my own way.

There's a little border collie who lives in my head. She's very smart, but very restless. If she is not kept busy, she starts chewing up all my furniture.

My very first playlist I ever made was on my iPhone 5 and it was called “On TØP”

Me and my wife: discussing the artists that fundamentally changed us in middle school

Me: idk man, "soap" had a chokehold on me, and don't even get me started on "teen idle"

My wife: holy shit "teen idle." Have you even heard "girls"? Holy shit, I was transported.

My boyfriend, standing there so confused: ...................huh

May she who is without sin cast the first stone, but then again perhaps those in stained glass houses should not be throwing stones in the first place.