new jersey horror-gothic aesthetic

riningear:

• what part of new jersey are you from? “central.” you’ve never heard of “central.” neither has north or south jersey. the rutgers students stay on campus in their bubble to avoid learning what it truly is. it must be complicated, whatever protects them. 
• the shore tourists all come from new york. they seem so new every year. so fresh. so stubborn. so clueless. we are so thirsty.  
• the turnpike is known to be ugly, full of traffic, smelly. and for good reason – to keep you away. what is the stench now that the garbage dumps have been covered? what happened to those garbage dumps? what feeds off them? 
• the swamps of south jersey wait for the campers. 
• the jersey devil rests peacefully among us. but it’s not he who takes the children, for he is merely a red herring – the children come looking, and they know. 
• every may the teenagers stay in the motels of cape may and seaside heights. the beach prepares for its annual cleansing. the sand shifts. 
• in the morning commute, perhaps one worker will become fed up at the delays, the stops, and step out. whatever jammed the wheels waits.