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No More Need

Your ability to breathe is a fragile thing; I used to worry that when you released one, you would not have the strength to catch another. Now I know that time is soon, and there is no more need to … Continue reading

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Vows

If you promise not to ask me about the red thong panties and how they got into our bed, I promise I will not ask you about the blood in the kitchen and the girl last seen wearing them.

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Another Chance

Give me another lifetime another day with you another half an hour only fifteen minutes just a moment a single solitary instant just so I can be close again just so I can be near just so I can have … Continue reading

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Syllable A Second: BREAKS

Just outside of arm’s reach so you can know you’re safe. I don’t yet realize what I will do for you. What I will become. You touch your lips the way I touched mine when I realized what I’d done. … Continue reading

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Word a second: minute of confusion

There is a special sort of horror in wondering how you got where you are and wondering as well how you will get out of it, especially when you cannot see, and all you can smell is blood, and all … Continue reading

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