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Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 9, 20241 min read
The Black Dog
At times I didn’t even notice the black dog trailing behind lest I forget and be too content he is quiet and out of the way but perks up...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 8, 20241 min read
The Albatross
Let me hang heavily around your neck the albatross you shot with your cross bow let me sit with you and drag you down let me remind you...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 7, 20241 min read
The Bolter
In another life I dream of Idina of easy love and salacious scandals here we go again, I am Donna a fabulous aunt, single by choice But...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 6, 20241 min read
The Manuscript
Let them bleed through my paper thin skin all the mistakes, clichés a too-passive voice It’s only the first draft of this adulthood it’s...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 5, 20241 min read
Clara Bow
oh she’s got it whatever it is the pull, flair all the stares then suddenly not anymore the torch passes to someone new and that is how...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 4, 20241 min read
The Alchemy
Some say I changed you, maybe I did Some say you changed me, maybe you did but you can’t make something outta nothing deep in our...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 3, 20241 min read
the smallest man who ever lived
all you held those seven weeks were my hand and my attention then it was all over like a dream now you are an embarrassing lore of the...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 2, 20241 min read
I can do it with a broken heart
To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to apply for the open position of being your full time lover with benefits I come with glowing and...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 1, 20241 min read
loml
I love watching documentaries about cults and recommending them to other people I love receiving flattering words that assure me that I...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 29, 20241 min read
I Can Fix Him (No I Really Can)
Sold as-is historic original craftsman ready to be brought back to his former glory! discover the potential of a unique opportunity of a...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
you fell down a rabbit hole and didn’t mean to but is there really a need to get your guards up after all, I’m just a girl; what could I...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 27, 20241 min read
Guilty as Sin?
You’ve barely been to church and lately, I have not either it’s stopped mattering as much just look at this fine weather But we still...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Florida!!!
Your hand creeps up my thigh in the sweaty, heaving mass lust, tequila, a forgettable high sticky floors and a thumping bass Suddenly I’m...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 25, 20241 min read
Fresh Out the Slammer
Forget about my crimes I’ve paid for them dearly Done my time and I’m fresh out the slammer Marching with my head up, unapologetically Me...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 24, 20241 min read
But Daddy I Love Him
Didn’t know I was trapped Until I spotted a way out Hard to explain it’s not him That affected this change God forbid I have a thought...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 23, 20241 min read
So Long, London
Once you were a daydream just out of reach— exciting, but familiar enough to be comfortable an idyllic wonderland only we know about But...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 22, 20241 min read
Down Bad
the lines I had to draw made a pentacle I cursed your name you called me a witch I was down bad as I had prophesied but not as down as...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 21, 20241 min read
My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys
You're a doll, darling, and you are too Pretty painted faces, those long Barbie legs Perfect blonde hair, pageant queen smiles Has he...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 20, 20241 min read
The Tortured Poets Department
Tortured Poets Department, how can you help me? Press one for English, two for pained brooding For quality assurance purposes you will be...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Fortnight
I'll be back in town in two weeks' time To pick up the things I left in your flat My grey sweater, cat lamp, and pride Volume I used to...
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