by Jake Orlowitz Saturday night the lighting came, thousands of bright white flashes in the sky. People said it was the most beautiful storm they’d ever seen. Hundreds of fires sparked across the landscape. The fires connected forming what they call a Complex. They cut the power to our neighborhood…

I’ve made a handful of seminal decisions that changed the course of my journey. The decision to start wrestling in middle school. The decision to go to Wesleyan for college. The decision to come home from Colorado in my 20's. The decision to take meds at the mental hospital. The decision to talk to…

Trump is a malignant, sociopathic narcissist… a petty, venal, vindictive, brazen, craven, ignorant, blame-shifting, excuse-making, disconnected, ineffectural, infantile, deluded, incompetent, irrational, obtuse, pathetic, unhinged, corrupt, smug, self-satisfied, self-dealing, perverse, arrogant, authoritarian fraud. But, and this is a stark confession: there’s a part of me he appeals to. There’s a subconscious…

Creekside at night I swear I could hear the heartbeat of the earth

Please support the full book *Welcome to the Circle*. Now live on Kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter A vagina is the greatest cul de sac in the world. It’s a nice place to raise a kid. A mental institution is the worst cul de sac in the world. …

I spent the nights at a 24-hour gas station The lights were bright Even at 3:37am The magazine rack was stocked and I read every one There were hot dogs on rollers And well they were cheap There were packs of almonds and single- serving cheese Fountain refills cost 50 cents but they didn’t mind The bathrooms were always clean The newspapers delivered…

Please support the full book *Welcome to the Circle* live on Kickstarter: bit.ly/CircleKickstarter Codependence You can’t help this time. So how does that make you feel? It hurts, doesn’t it? We are all alone And that is your greatest fear: Can it set you free? You can only help The people…