Josh M

Joined May 2021

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Small Indulgences
The iron bars rattled behind Miles. A deafening slam echoed across the corridor. Unable to escape, he stood in front of man he did not know who sat on the bottom bunk. Miles trudged toward his new cellmate as he felt his Adam’s apple swell up with fear. “Hi,” he croaked. The man noticed the fear in his eyes and smiled. “Hello. My name’s Jim.”
By Josh M4 years ago in Criminal
To be Or Not To Be
The first lockdown had troubled everyone with the worry that other people were sick and that the laughter among the crowds one saw hovered like a bad omen. Basic interactions like talking to the cashier felt like a long-distance call, and everyone was cut off from physical touch. I had spent too much time patching up the loneliness on dating apps, hoping in vain to break the law with a date or two. I spent the spring either looking out the window or at a screen. The snow blowing at night, the rain dripping in the morning. The uncertainty of everything made it hard.
By Josh M4 years ago in Confessions
The Inner Light
Our world is all but uniform; it wears A thousand hues: blues dye the seas and sky; Green, hills and fields; red, wrath and blush, and there’s
By Josh M5 years ago in Poets