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Meaningless

Time moves so slowly now. Everything I like is embarrassing and I am the sum total of what I like. What it would be to be unknown, had…

Oct 17, 2023

Oct 17, 2023

Keepers

“We are live in five,” I announce, and then count down 5 fingers on my empty hand before booting up the stream. “Showtime, baby.” Within…

Jan 11, 2022

Keepers

Jan 11, 2022

“Dating”

Not that I’m counting, but today marks a full year since Laura left me. I think I’m ready for change, not that I haven’t been, it’s just…

Jan 29, 2021

“Dating”

Jan 29, 2021

First, Do No Harm

There are several sins that are possible to commit in the process of writing. Particularly in non-fiction, most of these sins revolve…

Jul 8, 2020

Jul 8, 2020

Love Letter #

We bumped into each other in passing this semester — it had been 7 years since I saw you last. We made plans for drinks and caught up in a…

May 6, 2020

May 6, 2020

Ms. Saturday

Jane comes over on Saturdays. It’s a choreographed affair now, and you can stomach it only because neither of you really meet with any…

Oct 3, 2018

Ms. Saturday

Oct 3, 2018

Rations

By your count, there are 17 pills left in the bottle before you decide to taper yourself off. You’re grown now, and you grew up without…

Sep 12, 2018

Rations

Sep 12, 2018

Molly

It’s molly, maybe, and I’m only thinking about fucking scary it would be to actually swallow this pill and immediately feel a burning…

Dec 15, 2015

Molly

Dec 15, 2015

Young, Beautiful, Next

What you need to understand before I even begin is that at this point in my life, this far down the road, it’s not acting anymore. This is…

Dec 15, 2015

Young, Beautiful, Next

Dec 15, 2015

Vivisectomy

Groot isn’t a doctor, but he’s not the type of guy to let such a small detail hold him back from the cesspool that is my insides. If you…

Dec 15, 2015

Vivisectomy

Dec 15, 2015

JORTZ

JORTZ

J.Ortiz: CMU Class of 2020, Amateur Liar, Professional Jackass-of-All-Trades, Specializing in Things-That-Didn’t-Really-Happen.

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