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Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 17, 20241 min read
the moon rabbit
when I looked up at the moon when I was smaller and considerably more Korean I saw the moon rabbit making rice cakes, mortar and pestle...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 16, 20241 min read
Meeting
By the time we met, I had already met you I thought to myself, I might marry you someday And I knew it was too late to push you away...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 12, 20241 min read
book
a man who has read no books may be unintelligent but a man who has read a single book is dangerous.
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 11, 20241 min read
wedding dress
it is hard to imagine myself in a wedding dress I never could confident femininity a woman at her best a picture of perfection thin arms,...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 10, 20241 min read
AI
I watched that one movie again for the first time since I was a child on my flight to see everyone but you your worst nightmare come...
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...
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