
And it’s summer I have a white eyelet bathrobe lined in baby blue, which I wear on the lawn after supper, and I dance for my grandmother who sits in the chaise lounge wearing dark glasses that are blonde tortoise with green lenses. Her skin is dark: tanned from years of regret. I am knocking…

Retirement There are some people who are content with the color of the sky and don’t long for a hurricane or a different season. They like the color white and are not tempted by cerulean blue or inky black or radically red. I see these people, and I am filled with green and bitter and…
Dear Billy Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell: When I first heard “Ocean Eyes” I couldn’t believe that someone finally understood how I’ve been feeling stuck in this house with my family. Your song made my heart vibrate and spread inside my chest and out my feet and I don’t even think I could walk…