How to Be Alone People ask me: Lefty, how do you do so much alone? First step - pick a place - it's just you and your phone. The park, coffee shop - you, yourself, and a mug Your arms can hold you too if you're in of need a hug Next step, different place, but it's you and a book No one knows if you're reading, so who cares if they look? This time, don't scroll - let the clock 'tik tok' Next thing you know, you spent hours in your new reading spot Now, pick a movie, no one knows you're by...

"you're kind of punk rock, aren't you?" with a smile on her face i smiled at my boots instead of looking into her eyes my boots have been a major point of contention strangers confident to ask me why i would wear them if - and they point to the blazing sun as if it hasn't darkened my skin to the deepest tone i've ever seen or they look up from a temperature widget on a phone Steve Jobs wouldn't have recognized as a lost generation distant from his first brain children the laces are from...

a starving artist, without the art somewhere in your mess you lost your heart i sat your gift down gingerly what you returned, you threw at me you're only sensitive when i acknowledge who you are you tried to dim my light but you can't dim a star i understand why Weezy felt big why Megan isn't thee Mare but you don't get why we were close once and now i'm no longer there envy is a sickness but they found a cure for jealousy you look in the mirror long and hard til you love what you see