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Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 27, 20241 min read
Road Trip
You said if we ever break up You would go on a road trip Get in the car and just drive Think about what went wrong So we talk about road...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 26, 20241 min read
Prophecies of the Narcissistic Mother
Your friends are more important to you than your own mother, aren't they No of course not, I will cancel Get rid of that cat, the fur's...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 26, 20241 min read
June 2020
There is a public crisis But personally, not so bad A national nightmare But to me, a pleasant dream You said to me However much you...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
mourning
I've been mourning my mother's death since I was nine years old, but she lives posting online of earlier days when I was willing to give...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Dream
I dreamt that you wrote about our life together and when I got to the ending I looked away I didn't want to spoil it.
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Rewrite
You’ve inspired me To rewrite old poems So that they are about you Rededicated and tweaked You’ve made me glad They were never published...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Shared
Remember we went to Abbot Elementary together In Pawnee, Indiana, our beloved, quirky hometown Grab burgers at Bob’s, an AFC Richmond...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Jesuits
It was a hot night but from my balcony I watched the black silhouettes of trees dancing softly and my heart was full and like the...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Seven Moons
she wore a colorful but small kufi hat and a black jacket we walked to a party under strings of twinkly orb lights and seven moons I said...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Corn Cheese
These words that I now serve are warm, and sweet a nice, delightful treat with soju a little Korean, but technically not. And these are...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
[blog] It's day one of purposeful financial overcommitment.
Welcome. I'm glad you're here. I am the girl who starts a million diaries but never finishes one. My ADHD brain acts on impulse, and then...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
spring
we met in april though the tarot card reader had told me march I didn’t mind you at all a subtlety a hint of peach in barely a breeze...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Profile
I wear the same perfume I did in middle school I enjoy photographs of abandoned theme parks I have a voice like yellow sometimes I hate...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
What to Do When He Doesn’t Text Back (Drop Him)
Ladies, ladies, ladies. DON’T freak out, do NOT text again asking if he got your message if he is still mad at you for not going over the...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
You will be my summer
I lie awake listening to ice cubes cackling to life upon water in the dark kitchen It is a familiar sound, in this July heatwave: vivid,...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
I noticed
I once dreamt that she was at a wedding saw how in love the bride and groom were and decided she was going to leave you right then and...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
love letters
they say romance is dead but what is more romantic than staying up all night writing, in quick succession click click click, woosh, ding...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Lunar Vacation
it was over before it really began we were lovers on Friday a modern tragedy by Tuesday and I got stuck with tickets to an obscure indie...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Shift
can you feel it the subtle shift in the bytes between us
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
Electric Jungle
men put down their heights because apparently that matters for whatever crimes for which these ladies seek partners none of these kids...
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