December 2009
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You invited me into your bed and I attended. I was a proper guest; I didn’t overstay my welcome. Or at least I left as soon as I awoke, which fortunately required waking you as well. The parting scene was congenial, containing the usual well wishes, and I made certain that once I had turned from you, I didn’t look back.
One invitation does not guarantee a second one. Weeks spent...
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glitter 4 girls
Her: There's still a fish on your clavicle.
Me: I know.
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“Discomfort is very much part of my master plan.”
– Jonathan Lethem
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a little causation
talent begets adoration
sugar begets sugar
inability to cross the street begets loss
“Once a year, she remembers that she is insignificant. Then she forgets again,...”
– Dave Eggers (via weloveandthenwedie)
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But he did have books. He did. And they were great. And if they were really what he was made up of, then I wanted to know everything about who they had made him become.
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“You have fallen into art—return to life.”
– William H. Gass
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digital houndstooth
We made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and discussed how our nights didn’t end together. And I have his number. And he remembered my name. And you think this is exceptional? I think we retell encounters to turn them into stories, stories that we can lead somewhere.
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“She kept talking. She told everyone. There was more to it, and she was trying to...”
– Raymond Carver
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tummy gurgles
And the fact that it’s been accepted makes me afraid that it’s going to try and stay.
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it’s embarassing
or funny
or it was embarrassing, until it wasn’t a secret
or if it was never your secret, then it’s embarrassing
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“Of course, women so empowered are dangerous.”
– Audre Lorde - Uses of the Erotic
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