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August 2021
Biopihilia
Moving through the city though I’ve spent my whole life leaping skirting and sprinting up around and through these tangled forests of steel glass and…
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Roye Segal
10
Thoughts, Prayers, and Thoughts About Prayers
It’s been years since I killed my god. It wasn’t a sudden or violent death — more like a long negotiated euthanasia, gently putting to rest the band of…
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Roye Segal
6
curiosity
almost a decade ago a robot named Curiosity hurtled 105 million miles through the empty cold darkness of space. 180 days of tumbling before touching…
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Roye Segal
6
Zero Distance
I binge watched the Hudson today, its calm waters whispering sustained sighs of relief from the incessant chop of ferry traffic. Gazing across the river…
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Roye Segal
4
Wild Idea
In this caustic culture of ours arguments always seem to be framed in terms of war — Her criticisms are right on target. He shot down all my claims…
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Roye Segal
10
July 2021
A Pilgrimage to Me
Today I made a pilgrimage to myself. An earlier self. A young feckless young fool who somehow, out of the jumbled mess of youth, made a decision that…
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Roye Segal
4
The Following Light
the sky is heavy tonight it is raining stars and out among them there’s always that one if you look for it set up high a flickering gem that shy one…
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Roye Segal
5
Salty Eggs
When you make a meal for your lover and she tells you it’s too salty and you reply, but I didn’t add much salt you should consider taking a deep breath…
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Roye Segal
2
The Good in Goodbye
It confounds me how many times I’ve said goodbye in my life and still — I’d rather die every time I’m forced to step forward into its foreboding…
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Roye Segal
14
June 2021
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