
DOING VERY WELL! by Tippy Rex
It was cold on the floor, I confess, but I thought it was OK. Since he left, I wake up every morning and marvel at all the me-warmed space on the mattress.

It was cold on the floor, I confess, but I thought it was OK. Since he left, I wake up every morning and marvel at all the me-warmed space on the mattress.

Susan who choked to death loved the husband, loved his neighborliness. She loved him from her driveway and windows, front and back yards, day and night dreams.

In order to write, I needed the writing process to disappear. But without the writing process, obviously I wouldn’t be a writer.

My presentation at the co-working space was a smash, meaning afterward people smashed the windows with rocks.

My 7th grade English teacher was just three toddlers stacked on top of each other. The middle toddler googled every question we asked on an iPhone. You could see it through his shirt, star-bright.

A rainbow is feeling down, suicidal even. It takes some pills and a bottle of gin to a park, ready to end it all.

I studied the rustle of the stately rain tree when I couldn’t see the blackboard and knew Pollock’s Number 30 before I ever experienced autumn.

It’s 5:34 am and John Wayne is singing to his horse. The shoot is behind schedule; they’ve gone all night. Wayne’s singing voice will be dubbed over.

That’s the Way of the Boss. That’s the Way of the Boss! Well, fuck.

You can tell yourself anything you want about yourself, even if it’s not true yet, and eventually it will be. Maybe.