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Can I have 3 seconds?

When you're the most authentic

at the borrowed basement gathering.

When his touch feels like your brother's

violent temper tantrum

because Daddy didn't go to the corner liquor store

at all.

A phone number assigned and reassigned

to the multiple pockets of strangers.

I want her to kiss me for 3 seconds

just so I can admit to everyone

she wanted to kiss me for a total of 3 seconds.

Pink bubblegum walls and gentle hand massages

of adolescence were the ultimate segue

into a Stein themed Choose Your Own Adventure. 

I don't think I'll ever love myself minimally enough

to ever fuck again 

and that's fine.

The chiseled body guys on TV use to hold my envy

but now I act like a real lady.

I sit absentmindedly until the quirk-centric

NYC dialogue finishes.




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The hooks in your writing...always, like fuck. I'm going to need everything you've ever written published in a book or something and personally autographed by k coleslaw her fucking self.


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You’re WAY too nice to me.
But we’re gonna make a zine!
I’m relying on your constructive book making skills.
I love Andy’s booklet 🩵

by Kathleen; ; Report