North by Northwestern

"Though college was a great experience, it was first and foremost a roadblock between my 20-year-old goal of going to medical school and me."

"Every so often you pop into my dreams again and you always look as pretty and graceful as the last time I saw you."

"we find ourselves lost so we map it like we're the first"

"What are you doing tomorrow anyway?" "Don’t know yet. I’ll let you know as soon I decide."

This lab is sparkling, don’t you let it go. Photo by Monica Kim/North by Northwestern A cute girl making a ...

Did I say enough/to get it all,/clean glasses and/wine masses?

And he opened a crack,/ looked out in the alley/ to see a young girl/ of years same as his/ and though more dirty,/ still very pretty.

Body's back-seat driver, / emotional conniver.

The dreams we dreamed / when we were young; / on the plains / so distant now.

I know you ate the plums I was saving for my morning snack today.

A split screen look at what could have been and what went down anyway when Angad goes to the gym.

"What had begun with much promise:\ the one, Love,\ washed away in time . . ."

"Better off for the wanderings of mind;/pretty girls are so distractive: entwined/in my thoughts like a lecherous being."

The best dresses are worn to be removed / like flashy packaging on chocolate.

A poet powerfully describes a sleepless night.

I won’t tell you/that minutes pass/like hours last

There was a world/ and that world was mine./ I was the supreme ruler/ and everything was just fine.

Our writer reflects on having a home, but not a hometown.

It lies in a bed surrounded / by empty words and titles.