Questionable choices and dictionary definitions.
“I come back to this quote now and again — not verbatim, just the operative tones and phrases of it.”
Crisis modes.
“How?” we ask. “Why? Have you not seen and heard this buffoon?”
Long Cons, Short Memories.
“Wait,” you will say. “That’s not right at all.”
Rush; To Conclusion.
Of complicated emotions and the worst of our fellow citizens.
WRITE CLUB: MARTIANS
Write Club is a monthly, literary bloodsport in which contenders face off against each other with 7-minute essays on competing topics. This was the combatant essay for MARTIANS.
Civic Duties / Crisis Actors.
“If somebody points out that a building is on fire, you don’t question their motives for doing so.”
Legal limits.
“An attempt to consolidate the last 24-48 hours of our constitutional crisis within a very specific prism.”
Rabbit Holes and Repeating Patterns.
…I didn’t imagine exactly how far back those roads could have started and how twisted their paths forward may have been.
Creative Control 