Tag Archives: love
New Year’s Traditions
He stood at the top of the building, after the news crew and security hires had left, looking down over the edge, blinking black lashes against the frosting wind. He smoked, narrowing his eyes, and tried to pick her out … Continue reading
Feast
When I am empty, I gorge myself on the remembered tastes of all my lovers. I can bite into the saltsweat of this one’s fear, and breathe in the whiskysmoke of that one’s lust, and fill myself on the feast … Continue reading
I could listen to her for hours
“I listen to him sing, almost every morning. I listen to him sing with his new hand because some caballero chopped off the old one, and I listen to him sing and I remember that he isn’t any more real … Continue reading
Holding My Own
I’ll make sure to remember, while I’m going down with the ship, that you left me with this. I’ll make sure to remember, while I’m rearranging these deck chairs, that you just sat there. I’ll make good goddamn sure I … Continue reading
Baton
Catch me if you can, my hand outstretched, reaching for you even as you run — we do this relay in remembrance of a partnership we once had. When I falter, you will overtake me, and when I fall, you … Continue reading