Marty Shambles
Marty Shambles
four shots of espresso
by Marty Shambles
“When Bobby and I went to the coffeeshop last, he said that Bob Dylan was overrated, and sure anyone elevated to demigod will fall flat, but Bob Dylan changed how we listen to things. All of us.“
skeleton story
by Marty Shambles
“I do not miss the toil of it; the ingestion of medicines, the scramble for more days.”
delusions of granulated sweetness
by Marty Shambles
“…i went home with you and did what was expected of me and then some. i don't want to seem flippant about the importance
of keeping the talent satisfied.”
mother is gone
by Marty Shambles
“People were losing their minds to AI. Cults sprung up where jobs used to be. The whole Western Neoliberal experiment was choking on its own tail…”
after me comes the flood
by Marty Shambles
“Every weekday I would go to work and say business words at people and then come home as if I’d done something.”
poker night
by Marty Shambles
“I looked my mother dead in the eye and asked her if we were going to be okay, and she said yes…She was then sucked up into the sky, but I was fine.”