I Like the Way It Hurts

Meredith Aristone

One night Evan and I got so drunk on grape liquor that we started making out in the shower

I consider asking Richard if he’ll piss on my book but I’m still too shy.

A Small Gift

…is awareness, at first,

and then it may take over,

for a while, and also recede

if it must, and at times, it must.

That sometimes gentle ebb and flow,

and sometimes

He ordered me a martini with extra olives, just the way I like it.

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Played a socialite who leaves her abusive husband to run off with an outlaw, themes

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Skaters are like theater kids with better outfits.

"I loved reading Exit, Carefully. It’s unusual, and in my opinion exciting, to publish a play without previously receiving a major production."

-Walker Caplan, Lithub

I thought I was unhappy as a man. Turns out I was just unhappy…