Tag Archives: relationships

Maybe I don’t Wanna (Free Write No. 4)

Posted on March 1, 2007 | Leave a comment

Maybe I don’t wanna.

Maybe I’m just tired. I don’t feel like returning your call. You took too long to figure out what “friend” meant. I have enough people to love me. I don’t need half love.

Maybe, just maybe, I’m ready for someone new in my life. I mean really new. Maybe old . . . maybe he’s been there for awhile, hovering like a . . . what do you call that thing you can’t ignore? The elephant in the corner? Or was it a 500-pound gorilla? I don’t know, but maybe I’m ready for him. Whoever he is. Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Life

Tagged , , ,

Loaded Gun, Part I

Posted on December 16, 2006 | Leave a comment

“I may be firing an AK-47 for the first time this weekend, along with some other rifles. I only have experience with handguns. Is there anything I can do or wear to avoid major bruising from the recoil, or should I just buck up and wear my bruises with pride?” – Me on 11/7/2006

“Just like with sex, it’s all in how you mount the weapon. Make sure to keep the rifle tucked into your shoulder’s pocket, the hollow spot just below the collarbone and inside the shoulder joint where there is nothing but muscle. Pull the stock firmly in and blaze away . . .

I never discolor because my gun mount is flawless. Guys that turn black and blue are guys with a poor mount who let the stock slap them in the shoulder with every shot.” – “El Supremo” on 11/7/2006 Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Life

Tagged , , , , ,

A Lot Like What?

Posted on July 25, 2006 | Leave a comment

Over the weekend, I had the same conversation with two different people within 24 hours. A guy friend and a female friend both brought up the subject of love. Everyone who wants to find it thinks about what it looks like, tastes like, feels like. They wonder how many times they’ve had it or if they will have it again.

The first conversation started with the guy friend asking me, “How many times have you been in love?”

“Either one time or three times,” I answered. Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Life

Tagged , , ,

Snapshots: Heat and Porcelain

Posted on June 19, 2006 | 2 Comments

“If one woman were to tell the truth about her life the world would split open.” – Muriel Rukeyser

The Virgin

The Virgin

BLOOD AND COTTON

There it was then. If I hadn’t been robbed of my virginity the first time, then this second time definitely did it. There was blood in my underwear. Blood in the toilet water. I didn’t tell many people about this second time because of the first. What virgin gets raped by two different men in the space of 60 days? Continue reading →

→ 2 Comments

Posted in Best Of, Life

Tagged , , , , , ,

Ode to the Old Derryfield Country Club

Posted on May 6, 2006 | Leave a comment

There is only one place in Manchester that has my heart. It’s a place that actually only exists in my heart now that it has been torn down. The old Derryfield Country Club. Oh, yes, a fancier, cleaner and more expansive one has been built in its place. It’s got one of those flashing electronic display signs advertising its prime rib special and Sunday brunch. But it isn’t home.

Let me tell you about my friend, the old DCC.

I started attending reggae Sundays at the deck back in 2002 with my best friends Heather and Stacie. We’d usually be groggy, rolling out of bed after a Saturday night adventure – we’d pull my mattress out to the living room, make some mac ‘n cheese, and flop down and watch the 1 o’clock Pats game on the bed in the living room. Around 4, we would put our hair in pigtails, swap tank tops and make the short drive to the D. Continue reading →

→ Leave a comment

Posted in Best Of, Friends

Tagged , , , , , , ,