Mistah_Kurtz_HeDead
The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys.
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el mártir solitario in Book of Visions
punched in the mouth while exiting the rear door of a cta bus typical january high school day five minutes prior, I flirted mercilessly with two public-school girls whose smiles could convert ...
barbara in nch_inpatient_692015
big martin takes me aside man, why are you even in this place!? you don’t belong here! however, during group he has already persuaded me to tell my story, so i just smile and shrug big martin l...
during the day the common room is called the day room in nch_inpatient_692015
there are only a handful of places to go on the floor where you don’t have to ask permission your room: but you cannot invite someone else there the hallway: i stood there this morning motionless...
"Are we going to talk, or what?" in The Aching Human Soul
Here is last night’s situation from my perspective: [Our daughter is seventeen years old, she is currently recovering from anorexia, and it appears that it has been more difficult lately (she has...
eschatology in Book of Visions
taking my stand at the top of the slide I glare at the line of children chanting up at me cry baby, cry baby, cry baby cry baby, cry baby, cry baby blue tears blur crimson rage cry baby, cry baby...
Squall in Book of Visions
it was storming that day none of us kids would stay on our cots for nap time the woman wanted us to sleep she smelled like cigarettes and sounded like a creaky door when she spoke she and her old...
garfield ridge story in Book of Visions
I was three years old when I first went to school - that’s what my mother called it - a storefront on archer avenue equipped with cots and donated toys, an old black & white television, and a...
No Touching in nch_inpatient_692015
restrained by this hospital gown the fact that I had shit myself less than twelve hours prior slowly seeps into the furthest cerebral hemisphere from my eyes i shift on the bench suddenly i am he...
9 PM Group in nch_inpatient_692015
big martin exudes experience dealing with antisocial white guys determined to sleep for the duration of their stay in this facility–he is raucous and genuinely friendly, tending to me with kid g...
TBSTHEBT in nch_inpatient_692015
big martin is the kind of person who gets genuinely jazzed about everything it is not a bullying situation or anything like that it is just that when he asks you for your story you cannot help bu...
The Continuing Saga of the Withering Child in The Aching Human Soul
Sending my daughter to a Wilderness Therapy Program was probably the most difficult decision I’ve had to make as a parent. My wife and I agonized over it for weeks, but in the end, it seemed like...
I have four children, two boys in their early-to-mid 20s and twin 17-yo girls, but this book is mostly going to be about one of them. Perhaps, it would be more accurate to say that the events des...