The Bodega at the End of the Internet

“Next, the Takers systematically destroy their competitors’ food to make room for their own. Nothing like this occurs in the natural community. The rule there is: Take what you need, and leave the rest alone.”

He is too young to have learned to hate himself yet, but that seed is already there; given time, it will grow, and bear bitter fruit.

over and over again

it becomes known

the peace we seek

is seeking us

“The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.”

We shape clay into a pot,

but it is the emptiness inside

that holds whatever we want.