Insects and a Sprig of Rosemary, by Jan van Kessel the Elder
July 25, 2024
Rime has settled on our wine fridge and the kitchen // island, making the quartz glacier shimmer in the // morning light.
On the evening of Tuesday, March 18, 2025, the State of Louisiana, under the direct orders of Governor Jeff Landry, executed Jessie Hoffman, Jr., age 46.
It’s not the gunshot that’s surprising. That’s just noise on top of other noise echoed by the cave-like walls of the bar. It’s the silence that follows. Shocking, complete silence. Then the screams that pour into it.
A shaved-in side part // arrives with a new woman // who should not be there