DEMON MATH What is JUST in a world you've ripped in two as if there could be a half for me a half for you what is FAIR when there is nothing left to share what is YOURS when your pain is mine to bear this sad math is mine this mad path is mine subtract they say don't cry back to the desk try forget addition multiply and i reply this is why remainders hate division.

Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard.

We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.

red plastic rain her tears stain

Even in the slippery blur of heat and arms and noise, Lena affected everything in her wake, a pull as powerful as the moon to the tides, or the planets to the sun. I was caught in her orbit, even as she pulled away from mine.

When we were together, she turned me completely inside out.

These are the kinds of things a guy thinks about when he visits his own grave.