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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 3, 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 28, 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 22, 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


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...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
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