Archive for the 'Suburbia' Category

What I miss the most

Posted by Vivek on May 21st, 2007

Midnight and after, flying on the pavement that cuts through the field of wheat abutting Sugarland’s very own prison, the air unflinching in its heaviness. It renders itself inscrutable, this air. And my thoughts stop as I take it in, my probing ceases the moment the thickness invades my car, pushing me to [...]

A piece of a piece

Posted by Vivek on July 9th, 2006

Here’s a snippet of a piece I’m working on inspired by a fire that engulfed three model homes in my neighborhood in suburban Houston a month or so ago. It was late and I was driving home when I saw the thing.
I near the huge bubbling, bursting apparatus. I hope and I hope [...]