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A cavern inside the body / builds its own wind patterns. A wound can eat me in reverse.

Sara Daniele Rivera, from The Blue Mimes; "With a Destructive Obsession"

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not that i was active before, but i am going through a loss rn that has me occillating between wanting to talk about it nonstop & not talk about it ever. so, i fear my writing my will be subpar if i attempt anything at the moment. but please know that i am enjoying seeing everyone's beautiful words on the dash SO much and cheering you all on and will jump back in with y'all once i can keep my head above water. 🥺♥️

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Margaret Atwood, from “Owl Song”, Selected Poems: 1965-1975

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Ph Alex Cascallana

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"I could fix him" whatever. I could beat his ass.

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sharp objects // the glass essay, anne carson // interview with the vampire

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they match each other’s freak to a degree that is dangerous to the public

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Athena Nassar, from "Love Is Not Always Song, but the Swelling"

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Anora (2024) dir. Sean Baker

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done with weed im just smoking sand from here on out

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the night house sentence starters

❝ are you sure you’ll be all right? ❞

❝ i’d have done that for you. all you had to do is ask. ❞

❝ i’m fine. just didn’t really sleep well last night. ❞

❝ i’m sure you know why i’m here. ❞

❝ i checked the website. ❞

❝ that’s not what i wanted. ❞

❝ when you came in here, what did you want? ❞

❝ you hadn’t heard, because it’s a personal matter. ❞

❝ i’m so sorry for your loss. ❞

❝ it’s peaceful out here, but it is lonely. ❞

❝ you know that we’re paying people to do that, right? you don’t have to do it all yourself. ❞

❝ no, no, don’t worry, i’m not actually filming. ❞

❝ i can’t hear you. i can’t… ❞

❝ what am i looking at? ❞

❝ don’t do this to yourself. ❞

❝ look, a bunch of us are going out tonight drinking. you should come. get your mind off things. ❞

❝ shit. sorry. that was… that was a really fucking stupid, insensitive thing to say. ❞

❝ i didn’t think we had secrets. ❞

❝ everybody has secrets. don’t let it weigh on you. ❞

❝ do you guys believe in ghosts? ❞

❝ i think there’s something in my house. like a… a presence. ❞

❝ do you know what sleep paralysis is? ❞

❝ how long were you married? ❞

❝ you spend so much time in the same space with someone… it’s gonna feel like they’re there. even when they’re not. ❞

❝ who knows, right? i mean, who’s to say what happens once we “shuffle off this mortal coil, what dreams may come”? ❞

❝ you shouldn’t be joking about that. ❞

❝ did you seriously not know that anything was wrong? ❞

❝ nothing is after you. you’re safe now. ❞

❝ makes you wonder though, doesn’t it? what else didn’t i know? ❞

❝ okay. i think that it’s time we get you home. ❞

❝ you want a brandy? ❞

❝ i don’t like you here all by yourself. ❞

❝ oh, my god, you totally has us going. i thought that was real. ❞

❝ you know, i… i died, back in ____. did i tell you that story? ❞

❝ what was it like? what did you see? ❞

❝ you can’t unknow what you know. ❞

❝ sure you don’t want me to stay? ❞

❝ is that really you? ❞

❝ what you looking for? ❞

❝ you’ve been through a lot lately. more than you deserve. ❞

❝ i know how it sounds now, but i believed every word he said. ❞

❝ look. don’t think i haven’t wrestled with this, okay? ❞

❝ i wanted to tell you so many times… ❞

❝ you’re closer to death than you’ve ever been. ❞

❝ it’s all right. you don’t have to call for help. i’m not gonna…  ❞

❝ take your hair down. ❞

❝ i didn’t sleep with him. honestly, i barely knew him. ❞

❝ you’re the most skeptical person i know, and here you are, telling me that your house is haunted. ❞

❝ you can stay as long as you want. ❞

❝ he’s gone. you’re not. you still have a life to live. ❞

❝ if you’ve got something to say to me, you better say it now. ❞

❝ sorry. i didn’t think you were home. ❞

❝ no, i get it. i probably would have done the same thing. ❞

❝ normally, i wouldn’t have gone, but he was smart, and sweet, and… i don’t know. i just kind of felt safe with him, you know? ❞

❝ what did he do to you? ❞

❝ we need to talk. i’m not leaving until we do. ❞

❝ i’m here. i’m still here. ❞

❝ i should have listened to you. i did something that i shouldn’t have. ❞

❝ i wish that it were morning. ❞

❝ where are you? ❞

❝ i miss you so much. ❞

❝ is this real? are you really here? ❞

❝ i’m not ____. ❞

❝ he thought he could protect you. he was wrong. ❞

❝ come back to me. ❞

❝ what happened? ❞

❝ there’s nothing there. ❞

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Smile.

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And how long before you realized (did you realize?) shame was a blade / you turned against yourself

Leila Chatti, from Deluge; “Questions directed toward the idea of Mary”

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i understand the cicada noises but out of respect for their privacy i will not be translating