9 Comments
User's avatar
Lisa Kholostenko's avatar

This one, among a million others: “He either thinks he’s in an old movie or knows I think I’m in one.”

Expand full comment
Kennedy's avatar

I love your writing so much. It feels like a reminder that I can make connections

Expand full comment
Lindsey's avatar

Accidental Church is such a special series Papi 🫶 this specific one will be a favorite for a long time I think

Expand full comment
J.T. Murphy's avatar

Thank you for allowing us to share your table for one. I felt invited, welcomed, and appreciated.

Expand full comment
steph walsh (they/them)'s avatar

Just beautiful in every way. thank you for sharing it

Expand full comment
Embryon's avatar

The weight of the final line brought me to tears. Thank you for painting this moment with your words.

Expand full comment
Jendi's avatar

I love that about NYC, how one can enjoy solitary thoughts and simultaneously feel like a part of the flow of humanity. Beautifully written.

Expand full comment
Thomas Jones's avatar

incredible. thank you.

Expand full comment
Nicole's avatar

The line that really got me (who chooses mundane things every day sometimes because I feel I deserve the mundane and sometimes because being mundane is comfortable):

"The non-experience of eating Chipotle in New York City is an invisible act for invisible people like me. It will feel neither good nor bad, merely appropriate, which is fine."

Expand full comment