Nick MuroskyCharacter StudyThey were lying in bed, spent. It wasn’t late and it wasn’t early. They were in between awake and asleep, with aspirations for each.Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyManufacturing“We’ve never built anything like this before,” he said. “In terms of scale, there is no equal, and I’m not sure there ever will be.”Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyPangaeaAbout 200 million years ago, something started to break apart. Its pieces drifted, in distinct stages, slower than the eye could see. Each…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyBirth DayThere is nothing left in its reflection, but you shine and polish the car anyway. There is only ash, but you brush the ash from your silken…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyHeadboardThere’s this funny energy you inject into my skull as I’m sleeping. Your power is recharging me every night so that the next day you can…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskySymptomsI’m starting to manufacture deadly symptoms again. It seems the strike is over and the workers are back on the assembly line, efficiently…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyLulu’s ClosetWhen I was younger and wore clothes that were far too big, my Dad, in a number of unspoken manners, told me that someday I would be the…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyThe Sign AgeA cloud-sized biscuit, cut in half, took me into Tuesday. Roadside, I could see warmth and chemical-induced heartiness. 2:04am. Cloudy with…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyBleedIt was the season of heavy jackets, and I swung, buttoned up, above tessellating woodchips. I wasn’t doing this for myself, so it gave me a…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015
Nick MuroskyUntitled for NowYou are surrounded and smothered by clichés, and so you find yourself wading through reality, living on Earth as an alien. And then at some…Oct 21, 2015Oct 21, 2015