the winds change before a rainstorm breaks overhead i shake as drops fall
a brass water-logged lock for securing desk drawers
winds up protecting private desires. letters in red. want
this confinement. encircled by rings, filigree, and stains
switchback stair market manicules labyrinth reveal a hanging garden
third place jazz no reservations? but what were we before ourselves
finishing a talk with your sister a tinctured fire fluid solidifies
door in our place i never open out of fear and too much want touch the knob — i am shocked
sounds like a party in there but where is my invitation? missing out doesn’t scare me
sometimes, it’s open a crack scents from the kitchen waft my favorite dish on the menu
shoes stick to the floor, we wander past the bar into a dim red-lit lounge. pinball, locked door, you. you’re a seeing machine. pull your curtain closed— shroud us in secrets that end just above our waist.
tap on a train faregate, a beep reminds us that transportation isn’t free, a short trip still costs us. you’re a seeing machine. see what we’re made of. we’re trapped here now, we can’t hide from flash.
all whirring and waiting. don’t know how long ’til our capture, our release. we kiss from impatience. you’re a seeing machine. our mouths are blurring, hands in hair, bite marks in flesh. we have no time.
do i have to belt you? to overcome a bubbling or are my words enough to staunch the flowing from leaking fountains
pleasure is never free, even when it is a gift. beg me with honeysuckle pollination. allergies. only believe in denial.
muscle tension, hunger. dew’s wetter than rain. desperate questions tie barricade tape tighter. no. a complete sentence
two-tone composition unknown destinations an operator obsesses over pickup & hangup
one +1 more connected than 2. you will. and the company that will bring it to you is me
push digits into holes, keep spinning until you feel the click in place switch arms, hands tire
meeting a Goddess, sunshine, envying its divinity & wings
stripping each white feather, dyeing them all in her blood
sewing souls into mine, stealing her golden halo
In line with this tradition, I’ve compiled my wishlist for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference announcements. I’m hoping for thoughtful integration of LLMs across the OSes, performance and reliability updates for core services, and the introduction of a few power-user tweaks and long-missing features.
Last summer, I visited Toronto to see my wife after being separated by pandemic-related border closures for months. While preparing for the trip, I realized that no matter how much I travel, it’s always a little stressful and now moreso with the addition of necessary safety measures like testing and vaccine checks. Add the difficulties of quickly finding boarding passes, managing delays, and tracking bags while my phone buzzes with irrelevant notifications and my heart rate skyrockets. So, I decided to use the trip as a test of the iOS 15 Focus feature and make travel less anxiety-inducing in the process.
Here are 5 of those shortcuts that I use every day, with a brief explanation of why they save me so much time and links to download them.