Every city of a certain size has a fast food legend— / Pittsburgh’s off-brand Burger King, Toronto’s weird McD’s, / and ours a Taco Bell with its own subreddit.

I am ordering clothes because the senator was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed. I ordered a black blazer because I am in mourning for the those shot in Minnesota.

But (you can hear the but before I say it) there’s something in me now that survived years of quarantine by closing my eyes and dreaming of sand. Of being alone, far from the noise. Not you. Never you.

Podcast Episode · The Reformed Journal Podcast · 11/25/2025 · 16m