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that’s what makes them gods

we’ll never make it all fit againedges sharper & the space deflates;you’ve got a way to measurehow thick blood runs this time. sayin babe what flavor is the shame?you wanna be adored?i could worship you forever,right up until you fuck it up. the best thing about gods isthey don’t care when you lose faith —watchContinue reading “that’s what makes them gods”

sick of men destroying shit

that carbon-black cookie sheet is (was) a wilton nonstick (obviously) ruined by carelessness i’d get another but i just don’t trust you not to roast chicken on the new one (that is what pyrex is for) it’s like when parents say we’ll get nicer stuff when the kids are a little older but you’re anContinue reading “sick of men destroying shit”

you’d like me better burning

we only get this one life & we’re setting it on fire how cool is that? even the xtians know jesus had to die for what came next & maybe we’re running toward destruction because we know how it saves my religion is my mother’s: we both love a reckless dead man who told usContinue reading “you’d like me better burning”

this is a long drive for someone with nothing to scream about

here’s a long one for you two motherfuckers off in distant lands see there’s this guy i used to worship fell in art with him the way i fell for you, & you but harder, somehow these things never go the way you want them to you watch them get lazy you watch them getContinue reading “this is a long drive for someone with nothing to scream about”

let’s make out and listen to car seat headrest

we can’t have a rational conversation about all the fun ways my hurt manifests of course it’s easier when i’m leaning hedonist & i’m so enjoyable when i’m drunk but here i am waking up with a heart full of hate gagging on nightmares & i just can’t find the exit the less i loveContinue reading “let’s make out and listen to car seat headrest”

filament

there is a kind of nameless bliss descending in these quiet moments so what if it comes with pain we’ve never been strangers to each other it’s proof in its own way that the universe doesn’t owe me sense or coincidence and it’s even lovelier watching things fade this is a sunset on a shoppingContinue reading “filament”

(el nino de miel con tomas)

similarity can have edges & while fiction is delicious possibility deep down we all know the Truth that one guy with the bandana mentioned it once or twice and he died trying so easy to blame the ghosts if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em we all complain about cell phone cameras & photoshop likeContinue reading “(el nino de miel con tomas)”