5. you are paralyzed like a deer in the middle of the road / a car is / a. hurtling towards you at full speed / b. disappearing into the distance
When you think of birds of prey, you probably don’t think of a Shrike. Unless you’re really into birds
We dressed as Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore Girls that year;
look at me and how I just / sit around and fucking pout
I loved you better as a vague notion. Better / as an uncountable thing. Better /
as an assembly of dog treats.
Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder instructs you to maintain boundaries
Every morning I’d wake up, walk to Target and take a hangover dump in their nice clean bathroom
I’d love to keep her locked away in legends, but she walks and grows among us.
The gigolos texted me back while my mom and I watched Zootopia 2
His dismissal to reduce me to my womanhood and paycheck fucked me.
And I wonder if we are always standing at the street corner eating each other’s hearts.
if i tally it
every time
my tongue finds cherry
do you still
pull your thumb down my lip
sweet surrender
in the other city
the social concepts that killed me here
stay peripheral
There were times I could barely leave bed, but he insisted we spend weekends in Palm Springs.
If I tell you what’s in the bag, will you let me continue to play dumb?
Charley and I met freshman year of college. She was the blonde one, whereas I was not. I was never the blonde one. We went to college on a big hill, warm in the summer, warm in the winter. We both
In this book, I kept using the word “buzz” in various forms. Buzz, buzzy. I think I even got the word “bloodbuzz” in there, which I stole from the band The National.
Best writing advice you’ve received?
Press on the bruise.
