As soon as I attempt to say something provocative, my tongue snaps to the roof of my mouth, and it goes as smoothly as an elevator in the Herzliya (IL) mall. We are at the Herzliya (IL) mall, the pool water lights are reflecting on the tiles. My thigh is wet from the pool. I […]

Quiet moments have a way of making every little noise seem magnified. As I sit here waiting, I notice the fridge hum, the AC click, and I can even hear the breath I didn’t know I was holding. It’s as if my body is annoyed with how much I am contemplating and put on a […]

The first thing that hits me when we walk in isn’t skin or perfume. It’s that clean, cold “someone wiped the counter five minutes ago” smell — disinfectant pretending it’s invisible — and it makes my stomach do a tiny flip like, cool, my body thinks we’re at a dentist. Not sexy. Not yet. My […]

The bedroom air contains the smell of lemon soap and a small amount of fear. The experience generated an unusual sensation which distinct from panic fear because it produced a gentle sense of curiosity that made my hands sweat without any reason. I am holding a glass of water which I treat as if it […]

My phone buzzes on the dresser and the screen lights up the mirror like a tiny interrogation lamp. I remain in the room with my body partially exposed while wearing one latex glove and my body experiences a strange temperature shift because I remain uncertain between my positive emotions and my desire to hide from […]

The desk lamp produces excessive brightness while I continuously move my pen as if I were preparing to write on a actual exam rather than this current situation. A notebook shows its pages to view while water from the glass glass forms rings on the coaster in an area where the refrigerator produces an endless […]

The ring light is warming the room like a little fake sun, while the tripod keeps doing that slow, gradual lean like it’s tired of supporting our “professionalism”. Because of the cable I just wrangled, my hand is now infused with a warm silicone scent, and with the calmness I’m faking, my dry throat is […]

The hotel elevator in Tel Aviv smells like lemon cleaner and someone’s expensive cologne fighting for dominance, and my thigh-high stocking keeps trying to roll down like it hates me personally. My fingers are cold on the keycard. Yours would be too. You can pretend you’re fearless, but your body snitches. If you want a […]

The remote control rests in my hand with its sticky surface and warm temperature which seems to observe me with negative judgment. My glasses slide down my nose because I sweat without any reason except I know the actual cause. Everyone experiences that situation when they sit on a couch to relax but their body […]

My throat tasted like stale mint gum and panic, and I’m standing there in socks on cold tile, trying to swipe a hotel keycard like it owes me money. You know that feeling when your brain is already writing a cancellation email to your own identity? Yeah. That. If you need something calmer than my […]