Christopher LovickLiz“She’s a real free spirit. But good at her job so she gets away with it.” He was happy his wife had found someone at work to be…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
Christopher LovickMega Man 2A girl in my grade used to play the game. She was at that age. She’d play in the day and go out at night. A stolen summer. First came…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
Christopher LovickThe PartyHe’d known about the party for awhile. He was on the mailing list. There was also a website he’d check, switching to incognito mode when he…Sep 29, 2019Sep 29, 2019
Christopher LovickSkeleton KeyTowards the end of elementary, an older boy gave me the master key to the school. Weeks later, he would take the key back, but, for a…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
Christopher LovickThe First WineryI should’ve known I’d meet you. The limitless vineyard. The turtle-shaped cloud. Everything had a strange significance or the cabernet was…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
Christopher LovickA Decorous ManMom’s dad Wells came by one night. I watched him through the kitchen window, parking his car. Always a new sedan of some kind, never…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
Christopher LovickMy First Sexual ExperienceGrade six. I had a girlfriend. But it was following the same tragic pattern; an initial flirtation followed by a brokering of the…Sep 23, 2019Sep 23, 2019
Christopher LovickA Dip In The GangesI spiraled through Varanasi’s suffocating maze, side-stepping skinny cows and men on motorcycles with mouths blood-red from the local chew…Aug 16, 2019Aug 16, 2019
Christopher LovickMorning Crack-upWhat set me off was that little mango-pyramid. It was lying there on the kitchen floor. A polyhedron of terror. ⠀ The morning had started…Aug 4, 2019Aug 4, 2019
Christopher LovickNuclear Alien UFO from KoreaI drank honey vodka from a coffee cup and waited for you to emerge. It had been a long day. So literal. So many talking-heads. At one…Jul 21, 2019Jul 21, 2019
