BRAD BARKLEY

All of it seems like noise and false light, and all I want for tonight is quiet, the black and gray of a summer night, and a girl in a pink dress, beside me forever.

Don't tell anyone this, but I have never been to Disneyworld. I don't know if I ever will, but I would like to.

But how he acts, and what he says, and what he does, and who he is, they don't line up anymore, and the lie is in that not lining up, the lie is in not being what she needs but pretending that he is. No one says a word, and she sees it every minute they have together.

I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.

Listen to your heart more than your head. This motto will get you in trouble, but it's never boring.

I drove an orange Camaro and dated a cheerleader. Life was good.

Listen to your heart more than your head. This motto will get you in trouble, but it's never boring.

I drove an orange Camaro and dated a cheerleader. Life was good.

I thought if I really wanted to be serious about writing, I should make my own desk.

Don't tell anyone this, but I have never been to Disneyworld. I don't know if I ever will, but I would like to.

All of it seems like noise and false light, and all I want for tonight is quiet, the black and gray of a summer night, and a girl in a pink dress, beside me forever.

But how he acts, and what he says, and what he does, and who he is, they don't line up anymore, and the lie is in that not lining up, the lie is in not being what she needs but pretending that he is. No one says a word, and she sees it every minute they have together.