Bromosexual

by Daryl Banner

A dream job certainly feels a lot different when you’re paid in nothing but reality checks.

Denial is the most powerful force on Earth. Maybe even more powerful than love. Or anger. Or ego.

the will to hit the ball is as vital as actually hitting it. Some hit the ball on their first go. Others try and fail ninety-nine times, and the hundredth swing sends the ball soaring to the moon.

“I think, as kids, we don’t tend to realize what we have. As adults, we slowly start to see how damned temporary everything is. It makes me realize I need to appreciate what I have while I have it.

You never really know the beauty of what you have right in front of you.”

After the injury, I was just a rumble in the sky that people ignored. No one cowers from a little distant thunder; they’re stunned by the electric show of lightning before their eyes. And my light was out.

life isn’t black and white,” I go on. “It’s gray. And people are very discomforted by that. They don’t want to think that something can be right … and wrong. A little good and a little evil.

Growing up is terrifying. When you’re young, you have this feeling inside of you that you’ll eventually get the chance to do and try everything in life, because life looks so infinitely long from the perspective of a kid. Then suddenly, you realize that every choice you make unchooses all the other ones. This isn’t a video game. There’s no reset button and no infinite lives. Every single decision I make is permanent, and the more I make, the slimmer my path becomes in this shrinking, dark forest we call adulthood.