« Things that I don’t talk about (April 4th, 2008)
The day had been long, and the last place I needed to be was in a hot box flipping meat patties. I had shown up to work at my usual time to find that the moment I walked through the door, the last place I [...]
To remove a growth from Lucian’s paw, we had to take him to Banfield to have it surgically removed.
In the course of removing the growth, they also took out both of his front dew claws. In order to get to the growth on this right paw, they had to slice through the dew claw on [...]
« My name is Matthew Trevino. I am 24 years old, and today is the 8,778th day of the rest of my life…
«« As much as I’d really like to believe the above statement, part of me knows that the way I’ve touched others lives is in such a horrible way, it probably [...]
The clouds rolled in silently, saturating the sky in a watery veil. What rain did fall fell unwanted, bringing with it the promise of things to come. What was once a singular event centered around an 80 degree temperature hike has now turned into a 30 degree drop to the standard of the [...]
…because it could always be worse.
Unfamiliar places with familiar faces.
Sharp objects with intentional targets.
A piece of the flesh comes off so easily.
Sectional cutting, almost like a machine.
The container opens up,
and I’m filled with molten liquid.
Can’t tip or tilt my arm or I will spill out…
and lose everything.
It’s so hot – burning hot. Why is it like this?
Where is the tissue, [...]