Or Else

by Joe Hart

I was thoroughly convinced kids under ten years old had two speeds: zero and Mach 1.

life is like dementia. Anything can slip away at any time. You gotta hold on to the things that matter as long as you can.”

Only in America could you be crushed by the wheel of medical expense before the disease being treated actually killed you.

Everything was a potential echo chamber for someone who’d moved on. It wasn’t just houses that could be haunted. Hearts could be too. Especially hearts.

It’s funny the things you remember and what you forget. All of it’s important, every last second.

We wish our loved ones long lives and quick deaths. It’s what separates us from animals.