Self-Respect

It's hard to lose something you never had to begin with.

Jasmine

I find something inherently repulsive about you. 

If you wanted to jerk me off, however, I wouldn't stop you.

Retribution

"What lessons did you learn from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks?"

"There are some people in this world that just need killing. Their expedited dispatch from this life will leave the universe no worse for wear."

Hard

Bullshit.

Push-ups.

Bullshit.

Push-ups.

Bullshit.

Push-ups.

Bullshit.

Push-ups.

Perseverance through sheer force of will.

- August 2, 2021

20 Years

We endure, in memoriam, for those who perished and for those still fighting. Reverence, until darkness triumphs no longer.

Jason

Thank you for sharing your 9/11 story with me, and for listening to mine in return. I am glad your father made it out of the North tower alive that morning, and that your girlfriend managed to escape lower Manhattan before the towers collapsed.

Those of us who were alive to witness that day still carry its weight.

Lisa

I never thought I would see you again . . . 

I am glad I was wrong.