A Quiet Piece of Longing – Ten

A Quiet Piece of Longing – Ten

The day before was a haze. I drank a lot at a bar, then I went home with a fine lady. She was now in my bed and I was smoking a cigarette on the hotel balcony. The problem was, I couldn’t remember her at all. Where we had met. What had lead up to the sex. I...
A Quiet Piece of Longing – Ten

A Quiet Piece of Longing – Nine

All of a sudden I was crying without knowing why. My body felt like static and everything was enveloped under a thick, dreamy layer. One second I was at a rave in Miami, and the next I was crying like a babe in a warped Candyland. I didn’t even know why. It was...
A Quiet Piece of Longing – Ten

A Quiet Piece of Longing – Eight

I was in the midst of a dream. I was on a cruise, far below on the bottom deck. Through the porthole, I could see the water rising and the sun reflecting off it. The sunset was beautiful. Cages were lined across the walls. Inside, were dogs all growling and barking. I...
A Quiet Piece of Longing – Ten

A Quiet Piece of Longing – Seven

There I was. Sitting at another bar in downtown Billings, Montana, stoned off my ass. I had smoked a blunt on the way here. And then I smoked a blunt outside. Lately I had felt that same empty loneliness and weed always did the trick of getting rid of it. I...
A Quiet Piece of Longing – Ten

A Quiet Piece of Longing – Six

I suddenly found myself back in Las Vegas. I did not know why I came back, but I did remember just following the highways and seeing where it took me. I met this one girl who was standing outside a hotel just staring off into the distance. I tried getting her number...