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my mom and I discuss lena dunham and then browse the mace bottles on amazon, also a set of finger knives that look like a cat I think ‘this is so gorgeous-symbolic’ I say ‘I am so buying a yoko ono...

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Chapter 1 The universe started. Things were done. you look out your window trying to find likeness you can only find images. Everywhere. And the colors are nice. Chapter 2 You march unto the arms of...

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU

A body becomes a prison like that. Certain chemicals cast spells in correct quantities. You don’t believe in ghosts – Well, you’ve never met my dad. A bad idea is blossoming somewhere under your skull....

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ONE FOR BLAIR WALDORF

what a pretty pretty face what a convincing facsimile of a heart i grieve in the backseat and choke on the lights burning red white green kissing the concrete teeth of the stranger with his hand up my...

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MONSTER MOVIE

I have no mother I have no father I have no face My heart is an immaculate machine I love you so much I will knock over buildings I will eat you alive Look at my scales my wings Look at my shiny shiny...

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In Getting to Know Your Skin

I mean, there was the deer, but of course there’s always the deer. Then when we stood in front of the trees in the back of my house for probably 30 seconds. I wasn’t counting but really it felt like 30...

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Harvest

I. When I am standing in this open field (with these open mountains and cows with their open tongues) it is like I can feel my brother in the corner of my left eye, like we are sharing a motel bed...

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a study in the cautious medium

it’s night & the deer don’t sound. we are waiting for the slight tremble of a curtain, a flash of red bird, that flash of: we are both real & in the same precise bed, limbs touching like...

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Lecture on Cicero

by Electric Cereal

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I Will Always Be In Love (Day 1)

I don’t make out with dead boys anymore because they don’t kiss back. What am I even saying. What does it mean when smiles turn into the ones with hearts for eyes. Like context clues. Like one of the...

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I Will Always Be In Love (Day 2)

I can’t take a hint. Blind for nonsense, and eyes vulcanic. Feverish cheeks swell and my face illuminates yours. I want it to unfold but I won’t make it this time. Oily glaciers swirl, and burning air,...

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I Will Always Be In Love (Day 3)

Sexting via pataphor. Can you handle my allegory? Get your dictionary out babe, I’m flirting with you. by Alexandra Naughton

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I Will Always Be In Love (Day 4)

Feeling like the finest nun in the convent. Feeling like everything is god, like I want to marry everything. by Alexandra Naughton

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I Will Always Be In Love (Day 5)

I got dressed up and walked around Oakland with no purpose. I got dressed up and thought I am giving this coat a test drive. I got dressed up and walked alone and then finished a novel while sitting in...

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i refuse to wear the shoes i wore to the hospital to eat non-organic berries to piss in bars i won’t make decisions on the full moon anyway when my bed is red with my dizzy eyes i refuse to wear the...

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PORCH LIGHT POEM II

no, not 
prelude prelude prelude 
then: the brief mention
 of light no, not
 threshold after threshold 
then: the crossing 
over no, not 
silence cusping song 
but singing! 
everywhere! (the heart,...

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PORCH LIGHT POEM I

prelude prelude prelude 
then: the brief mention
 of light by Maya Owen

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i’m afraid to leave my mind unwatched

i feel like the shadows will shift on my face any minute prompting the slow reveal of oh you don’t belong here by Caitlin Bosko

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whole thing

have i parsed the dark unacceptable planes of my identity effectively on all my 
 social media accounts? or is it as clear to everyone as it is to me that even backed out of 
 or clicked into or...

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@theoooeooo: selected tweets

Drugs in the morning lol I love that sleeping is free. I want to write a lot about sleeping I love it i love it I dont like doing things laughing so hard im so entertained by how much of an asshole i...

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