I am the open, empty palm. You may call it ingratitude, bearing no gifts, but I call it half of a handshake.

“When I see a poor person I think of me, and then I think, maybe I should pay my…”

“I drove 30 miles to buy some breath mints before I realized I had some already …”

“I want to knit myself a skin-tight sweater, made out of human flesh.”

“An ear shaped like a question mark is not receptive to life’s answers.”