My footsteps reverberated throughout the room as I approached the forklift. I hastily climbed aboard as I could hear the restless impatience of the waiting dock workers. The smell of nearly ripe fruit mingled with the salty breeze from the loading dock as I carefully navigated the lift under the wooden slats supporting the tower of produce. I locked the lift in place, shifted gears and lifted the ...

The atmosphere buzzes with an undercurrent of tension, where whispers of secrets linger in the air. A sense of anticipation hangs, thick and palpable, as emotions fluctuate like a pendulum. Time feels suspended, and each heartbeat resonates with unspoken thoughts and shared glances. There’s a rhythm to the interactions—moments of laughter that quickly give way to silence, a dance of connection and...

Okunan kuran sefleri derinden çalınmaya 1maBaşladı. İilerledikçe tekbir sef'lerigi kulağımmaın içersinde çınladığını hissedebiliyordum. Bir@@ yandag da kızarmış yağ kokuları burnuma gelip genzimi yakıyoyordu. Kalabalıb insan topluluklarını görüyordum. İnsanların sessizliği, yüzleriniz gülmeyişi, bana ortamın üzüntü içinde olduklarınıaçık bir şekilde anlatmaya yetmişti. Elime tutuşturulan sıcak pi...

I close my eyes and am warped back to what has become my favorite place. A place that inflates me so fully, when I leave, it’s like taking MDMA the night before: every tomorrow is suicide Tuesday. I breathe in the comfort of tobacco flavored Vuse and derive more pleasure than you do from my finger tips raking your back. The Felice Brothers lull us to sleep, and through heavy eyes I glance at your ...

“I can take you there,” he told me after looking me up and down. As if he had to ensure I was worthy of such a place first. “But it’s unlike anywhere you’ve ever been before. Think of the last time you looked up at the moon. Know that color? Know the spots of that orb? And how sometimes it shines down onto a lamp-post, or a sidewalk? Think of how that color, that exact color would interact with a ...

I am in a great place right now. I feel a nice breeze on my skin and I can smell the salty air around me. I see and hear birds in the background. I also see kites in the sky and I hear the children playing volleyball and swimming as well. There is also a lighthouse in the distance...

Murmurs and shouts gather around the center, eager to self-indulge another day. Some corners have the scent of crisp linen, while others can make a person gag. The industrialized lifestyle buzzes as one travels through the breeze....

Engulfed by the scars of their own many battles, the 64 squares, abstinent by nature from violence, are constantly exposed to carnage. Each piece bears the ineffable destiny that is seared into their lives. Damned for time to always raise their swords against the same foe. And so the cacophony of sounds begins. The incessant screeching of swords, encased in the thick red fluid that is devoid of in...

It smells of butter…but it’s not overbearing, it never is and if anything it’s inviting, maybe even hunger inducing.

Over the hushed conversations I can hear the crunching of snacks, popcorn being the most ambitious.

A box of candy rattles to my left as an aluminum can snaps open to my right.

A couple arrives to their seats in front of us, their shoes sticking to the floor below.

The ligh...

It starts to smell like cold. Every song on the radio has jingling bells in the background. A rousing excitement grows with every day against a background of scents of pine, gingerbread, and peppermint hot chocolate. Sometimes you can hear a violin or guitar floating to you through the snowy air, case open on the ground, full of crumpled bills because we all feel a little more generous. They’re pl...