The Devil You know
A blog for the voiceless
Tag: addiction
JOHN 10 – an Excerpt from The Devil You Know
So, I did, and instantly he began to lecture me like a father. I wasn’t sure how to take it when he started off with, “I’m a man…” I put my hand up as he took a rag from his apron to wipe his… Continue Reading “JOHN 10 – an Excerpt from The Devil You Know”
Dave was that kind of guy….
It was just past eight in the morning. When I came to terms with the fact Dave really hadn’t come home, I sat up in bed. I looked around my room which was painted an awful blue that he had picked when our house… Continue Reading “Dave was that kind of guy….”
Just wait for another sunrise. Give it 24 hours.
I remember the first time I tried to kill myself. It was just honestly a break in the space-time continuum I had going after decades of pain. A momentary darkness, and a suffocating hopelessness that had knocked the wind out of me. I’d decided… Continue Reading “Just wait for another sunrise. Give it 24 hours.”
A cup of coffee and a smoke
I wake up I piss I shower I drink a cup of coffee and light a smoke at the sink. I brush my teeth for at least twenty minutes to get the taste of semen out of my mouth from the night before. Still… Continue Reading “A cup of coffee and a smoke”
Ezekiel 33:8-9
Excerpt from Chapter 14 My steps seemed in ordinately slow as I approached his house. My body felt sleek and fluid. That familiar warmth making its way up from my feet again, circling around my legs and settling between my thighs when I opened… Continue Reading “Ezekiel 33:8-9”
What boys do: Excerpt Chp. 15
The setting sun was on my face and the air was heavy with burnt wood and laughter. It was late fall as I sat nuzzled against a boy on a picnic bench next to a bonfire. A boy just a few years older than… Continue Reading “What boys do: Excerpt Chp. 15”
A random childhood memory
The summer air was pungent in my nostrils when the car stopped in front of a house I had never seen before. Then my father got out, opened my door, and I remember vividly how heavy that lilac was in the air. In the… Continue Reading “A random childhood memory”
When my mother passed away
Trigger warning: The following piece contains detailed description of death, alcoholism, suicide and child abuse. This is a true personal story. When I went to identify my mother’s body in the funeral home I opened the sealed envelope that contained her autopsy report. She… Continue Reading “When my mother passed away”
November 16th, 1991
Warning: The following piece contains graphic details of sexual assault and contains strong language. This is a true personal story. I sit here in my car at 1 am on a Saturday night in October 2018, having finished this piece in the parking lot… Continue Reading “November 16th, 1991”
The Devil You know 