hate
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Idols
She goes through the men in her life like she’s flipping through the pages of a comic book, and I’m here, hoping she’ll set her sights on me and stay. She says she hates me, and I wonder if that viciousness stems from a crazy love, an indomitable affection that splits her soul into two.… Continue reading
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The land of the free
I moved to the West because I wanted freedom from saffron-robed false prophets and heresy spewing monks, I no longer wanted to walk squalid streets littered with drunk, paunched, corrupt policemen and starved mongrels, I no longer wanted to haggle with auto drivers who looked at women like they’d never seen them before, I no… Continue reading
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Relief
In college, I asked you out when I was drunk, the spirits combining with my feeble spirit and engendering a lewd boldness, I never wanted you, but I wanted to possess you. You said yes, but we closed that chapter the next day, never spoke of it again, years later, distressed by prescription but desperate… Continue reading
About Me
Ordinary Person is a guy who likes to write. He writes fiction, essays, poems and other stuff. You’ll find his other blog here.