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“what do we do with the longing for what can destroy us?”
— The Last Two Seconds, ‘The Earthquake in This Case Was’ by Mary Jo Bang
Scar, Missy Higgins
The Karate Kid 3 + “Dinner” by Phoebe Stuckes
ii. it’s time to go, taylor swift
love of the wolf, hélène cixous
the torn-up road, richard siken
“God, she had me by the throat, by the hip bone, by the moon. God, she hurt me with my own horns.”
— Natalie Díaz, from The Cure for Melancholy Is to Take the Horn; Postcolonial Love Poem, 2020
Did he put his hands straight through you like smoke? Did it snap something in you like thread?
Are you carrying it on your back like a whole other person? Is the deadweight of his name sticking in your throat?
Do they ask you if you know him? Has he kept you that secret? Are you supposed to have evidence? Could you point to where the pain is?
Could you tell him he did this? If you saw him, could you run? If you saw him, could you run? If you saw him?
— Phoebe Stuckes, from “Cassandra,” Platinum Blonde
I swear, I end up feeling empty, like you’ve taken something out of me, and I have to search my body for the scars, thinking Did he find that one last tender place to sink his teeth in?
wishbone, richard siken
“Carnivore that I was I watched his bare white shoulder and I went hungry.”
— Sharon Olds, excerpt of “Love Fossil” from Satan Says (via virgin-martyr)
love fossil, sharon olds
“He’ll burn you down like wax if you let him. You’ll think it’s love, while he dines on your heart. And maybe it will be.”
— Deathless, Catherynne M. Valente
l.a. winter by the endlessly talented louisa melcher gives me strong daniel larusso vibes i’m so sorry
these lines scream terry silver to me