“Everyone wants somebody
to understand their personality
and their childhood
and what each of those things
has done to the other one”
― Closer Baby Closer
to understand their personality
and their childhood
and what each of those things
has done to the other one”
― Closer Baby Closer
“I dream
of the big dumb heart my mother
hands me. She tells me to carry it.
I drop it every time.”
― Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.
of the big dumb heart my mother
hands me. She tells me to carry it.
I drop it every time.”
― Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.
“There were blades in my hands.
I was carving my name into your side
and you were calling me soft,
calling me gentle.
I do not think you were paying attention.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
I was carving my name into your side
and you were calling me soft,
calling me gentle.
I do not think you were paying attention.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
“The poet worries she is writing the same poem
over and over. No matter what words she puts down,
it comes out with a bite. It says I love you with a
mouth full of bone.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
over and over. No matter what words she puts down,
it comes out with a bite. It says I love you with a
mouth full of bone.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
“I have so much practice now breathing,
which from a distance looks like
I'm finally deciding to ask for what I need,
but at the last moment changing my mind.”
― Closer Baby Closer
which from a distance looks like
I'm finally deciding to ask for what I need,
but at the last moment changing my mind.”
― Closer Baby Closer
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