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The Stings Our Hearts Get

You might have been my first, leaving me humiliated, wondering what I’d done wrong, how I could’ve been better for you. I realized later, when I heard she ate sticks of butter and cut herself for attention, that sometimes the … Continue reading

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The Spaces Of Me

There are times I think about singing to you, calling you up from miles away and singing to you all the songs that used to be ours, but aren’t anymore. I wonder if you gave them away like I had … Continue reading

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Trust Me

The disasters we perpetuate on one another, if added up, would weigh down the strongest of giants, the most powerful of angels and demons. If you will not submit, I will call truce. I will meet with you in the … Continue reading

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Glittering

Falling in love with you was like falling into a glittering snowbank: dazzling and bright and overwhelming, but then it left me cold and wet and sick, feeling like I’d never be able to be warm again.

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Bring Her Back

The church sat in the middle of Nothington, just away from the crossroads, over the arch of the Blue Bridge. Its white spire stood stark against the Belt of Venus, while the hills surrounding the valley held up the sky … Continue reading

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