Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke

by Eric LaRocca

There’s a reason objects burn up when they fall to earth like gruesome angels – a reason other than the obvious one. Asteroids the size of armored cars narrow to mere pebbles in a matter of seconds. It’s because the planet is a carnivore and just wants to be fed. People want that as well. People like to eat other people. I spent so many years forgetting I had teeth, too.

I’d do anything I could to erase you – smear you against the world the way a boot wipes off a squished worm on a scraper.

Welp