I flipped a switch at least, from saving myself for marriage to

fuck it

quite literally. one of the few things in life that weren’t overhyped

But Eric says that erotic love isn’t the highest form of love but rather it’s the union of man and woman in some kind of vulnerable co-creation of spiritual insert-buzz-word-here jambalaya.

maybe one seeds the other

scratching that itch sure feels like heaven

And that’s how

bites become scars

hot water, all the pleasure none of the blood

Sometimes I think you make sense and sometimes I think you’re just rationalizing your own impulsive behavior.

And then sometimes I’m afraid to give you praise because I can’t tell which is which.

the clever recklessness of young masculinity

The Iraq War

started around this time, twenty two and a half through twenty five.

We’d driven seventeen hours to pick up Mike in that Texas town and take him back to SoCal.

he took us across the border but you wouldn’t pay to go on any of the rides!

We ran out of money!