"Julian was starting at the bottom and working his way up. He didn't know what it was that he wanted, but he'd always had a very keen sense of what it was that he didn't, and that was as good a place as any to begin."

While at his friend's wedding, Julian runs into an ex-girlfriend in an unexpected place.

A poem about Worcester, inspired by my dad's frequent complaints while trying to drive through the city

A poem I wrote in high school while listening to weird music on the radio.

A villanelle I wrote in college.