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The Lovebirds

A second-rate morning takes a surreal turn for a cynical Millennial woman — He’s gone today. His replacement, a middle-aged woman with smudged lipstick and a Charizard tattoo on her upper arm, blinks at you so slowly that the left eye closes a second before the right. “Outta maple bars. As you can see, in the case.” “Where’s Tim?” “Who?” “Nevermind. Just one…

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The Lovebirds
The Lovebirds

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Remember This

‘If you must scream, scream beautifully’ — 1. When you were 15, your father tore your baby pictures like old receipts. The ones in frames he set beside the dumpster. He put on his favorite record, made your brother a tuna sandwich. Whistled. Ten years later, a man called you a canary in a cage. Said, No…

Self

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Remember This
Remember This

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‘She will never forget this: how powerful she feels in her own absence’ — Love is a pendulum that beats irregularly. The past is a broken grandfather clock. It’s a hole. She points to the bombed-out building⁠. Her tiny arm is a compass needle. She is six years old, and Beirut is a city where ugly and beautiful sit too close together. When she…

Self

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Through
Through

Jan 9

Timshel, Part Two

When I say, I love you. I am also saying, Thank you for your fucking grace. For what is love if not this unswung sword? Everyday I hone the blade…

Relationships

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Timshel, Part Two

When I say, I love you.

I am also saying, Thank you for your fucking grace.

For what is love if not this unswung sword?

Everyday

I hone the blade…

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Jan 8

Timshel

Here is the fenced park. Here is the leash. Here is the bowl of clean water. Here is the key to the house. Here is the family heirloom. Here is…

Relationships

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Timshel

Here is the fenced park. Here is the leash. Here is the bowl of clean water. Here is the key to the house. Here is the family heirloom. Here is…

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Sep 22, 2021

Notes to leave on the counter

1. This is what you make me feel like: not hell, but heaven tipped on its head. 2. Strangers told you I was the loveliest woman at the bar. You…

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Notes to leave on the counter

1.

This is what you make me feel like: not hell, but heaven tipped on its head.

2.

Strangers told you I was the loveliest woman at the bar. You…

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Aug 12, 2021

Date Night

The author gets Chinese takeout with a man on a Wednesday. — Man: Gets into car with large takeout bag. I don’t even know what I just fucking paid for. You ordered $85 worth of food. Why did you do this? Woman: Hums nervously. Man: What. Woman: Flinches. Man: Oh Jesus fucking — WHAT? Woman: Coughs delicately. Man: No. Nope. I can’t…

Humor

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Date Night
Date Night

Apr 2, 2021

Dry Run

remember the apple and the tree. good. back straight. open chest. PROJECT. I am the disappointing harvest. LINE. I AM THE DISAPPOINTING HARVEST. good. where are your props? where are…

Poem

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Dry Run

remember the apple and the tree. good.

back straight. open chest. PROJECT.
I am the disappointing harvest.
LINE.
I AM THE DISAPPOINTING HARVEST.
good.

where are your props?
where are…

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Feb 28, 2021

Sleight

My mother once told me I have a magician's hands. Punctuating hands. When I laugh my eyes crinkle like accordions. I am the sexiest I’ve ever been, sitting alone in this bustling restaurant, watching. Tonight, I’ll reconstruct your likeness and end up with a ransom note of a man. My…

Short Read

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Feb 14, 2021

10 Fraught Valentine’s Day Messages for the Utterly Resigned

‘I haven’t touched another human in eleven months!’ —

Humor

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10 Fraught Valentine’s Day Messages for the Utterly Resigned
10 Fraught Valentine’s Day Messages for the Utterly Resigned

10 Fraught Valentine’s Day Messages for the Utterly Resigned

‘I haven’t touched another human in eleven months!’

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