Love Spells
Ginger Jones
When you rearrange my insides you leave me for dead.
When you rearrange my insides you leave me for dead.
When his heart is an ashtray—cigarette butts put out on a surface that will not flinch
When his heart is an ashtray—cigarette butts put out on a surface that will not flinch
When I finally swallow, it feels like an admission of failure.
When I finally swallow, it feels like an admission of failure.
She buys us both mineral waters from the MoMA cafe.
She buys us both mineral waters from the MoMA cafe.
So what if, slightly buzzed, she witnessed jubilant souls who succored maggots with their wounds, or improvised love songs to Señor Suboxone
So what if, slightly buzzed, she witnessed jubilant souls who succored maggots with their wounds, or improvised love songs to Señor Suboxone
As the day proceeds, we end up chatting. I tell the man with the snowflake tattoo: I thought you were in a biker gang but you’re all just working on Excel.
As the day proceeds, we end up chatting. I tell the man with the snowflake tattoo: I thought you were in a biker gang but you’re all just working on Excel.
Let’s be clear:
You destroy things.
Let’s be clear:
You destroy things.
Do you think I won’t understand because I never finished school?
Do you think I won’t understand because I never finished school?
Only the best of girls get to play fantasy football and today, that’s me.
Only the best of girls get to play fantasy football and today, that’s me.
Clem wasn’t worried that Joshua would be a catfish.
Clem wasn’t worried that Joshua would be a catfish.
I extended my time at the Hotel de Paris to fall into the bad habit of making love to the maid. And to recover and regain my strength, as my flu-ish bug was stubborn and I feared being on the road for too long with it.
I extended my time at the Hotel de Paris to fall into the bad habit of making love to the maid. And to recover and regain my strength, as my flu-ish bug was stubborn and I feared being on the road for too long with it.
Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.
"[Her Lesser Work] is a collection of mordant and formally inventive stories circling themes of, let’s say, desire and escape within repressive structures."
-Walker Caplan, Literary Hub