The Gutter of Fort Collins
Written by The Donnybrook Writing Academy // March 7, 2011 // Before We Were Cool // No comments
Histrionic diary entries, angsty yearbook scrawlings, and really bad poetry brought back from teenagerhood and the other side of cool. Dates may be omitted and names may have been changed, but rest assured these are legit.
Diary entry from 2001 (17 years old)
“If you want to see some of the saddest people, go to the Monkey Lovin’ Karaoke night at the Starlight. All these old, fucked up, cracked out people*, some trying to to sing, some trying to get laid. I was in the girls bathroom and this old guy stumbled in and walked into the stall next to me, talking to himself. He didn’t even take a piss, he was just going somewhere private. I guess to speak with himself. Then he puked on the floor (outside the bathroom) and then some old lady made out with him after that. The next time I went to the bathroom some lady was in the stall, wet for some reason, really drunk, saying “Someone help!” then when we offered to help she was like “I can take care of myself.” Then she started mumbling about what a fucked-up person she was, kind of a confession, and next time Danielle went back her clothes were all slung over the stall door. (???) Just people trying for their lives to get back in and the doorman guy had to fucking scream at them “GET THE FUCK OUT” The gutter of Fort Collins”
* I wonder if I’m these people now?
