Only the Good (Guinea Pigs) Die Young
That gruesome adolescent heartbreak you go through again and again and again and then evolves into real heartbreak, the kind you can’t just shrug off as kid feelings. It starts here.
JAKE
Seven
It's that country near the bottom of the Earth, the one that only comes up in the news when we owe someone else billions or when people find out our president's son is a drag queen which is genuinely one of our greatest and only sources of pride.
when the house is quiet, when your mind wanders, when your mind whispers
loved not be loved not be loved
How to Grow a Nice Girl / On Nursery Rhymes, Suffrage, Spice, and Everything (Not) Nice / That’s What Memory is Made Of
“Why can’t a nice-looking girl like you act nice,” the principal asked.
Catching Smoke
A couple of cards, a 4 and a King, lay on the green felt in front of you. You clutch a cup of coffee with your left hand. There’s a stack of casino chips in your right. You're shuffling the chips over and over.
A Poetry Found in the Chest of A Dead Soldier
If I keep your poetry, / And I'm killed, / Will I be buried with it?
Questions after you said I died a million times in you
Who sings honeyed dirges for the dead while their warm hands make love with someone else’s warm hands?