Trigger happy

Aim, fire! Chemical
fragrance confirms strong toxins
at work. Die, germs, die!

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Laid off friend

Drops by at four, raids
the fridge, toasts unhappy hour
to his firing squad.

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Dizziness diagnosis

He feared brain blood clots
but it’s labyrinthitis.
He’ll live after all.

Dizzy

Why his head spins he
doesn’t know. Vertigo’s made
the world hell’s fun house.

Loser

You still up? Dude, it’s
not like the internet won’t
be there tomorrow.

Welcome 2013

If you suffer from
triskaidekaphobia,
good luck. You’ll need it.

Last day of 16

Some days she doesn’t
fit into her skin, too young
to be old this soon.

Hoarders on A&E

What we hold onto
owns us drowns us sedates us
slow death by shopping.

Candid confessions of a college-aged daughter

“I’m telling you but
don’t worry, I’m fine,” she says.
I listen, but do.

Weed laced with PCP

She turned to cake, felt
herself melting, the devil
eating his way out.