He does the dishes He doesn’t care I don’t fold laundry well He’s just happy I do at all He thinks I’m pretty Even when I’ve gained...

If people were cities She was the city of sin Flashing lights, put on a show Thrive in the attention Respond only to applause And...

She tells us— “When you take the Body of Christ Pray for something. It’ll come true. I prayed every time that one day I would become a...

you’re not the one that got away drunk texts, glances and grins but never a date, never a kiss when all you had to do was lean just a few...

It was as if we took few large steps back Or maybe we simply didn’t care before About the boys shot because they’re black They’re on TV...

avoid boys, mon coeur, who smell of cigarettes and poets who cannot write without referencing something French or cigarettes.

I grew up not daring to ask for the souvenir they would be overpriced, meaningless clutter now I buy mouse ears and Taylor Swift...

And now you spend twenty dollars at Trader Joe’s every two weeks or so you examine the petals you create your own bouquet many are not up...

a man who has read no books may be unintelligent but a man who has read a single book is dangerous.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I love watching documentaries about cults and recommending them to other people I love receiving flattering words that assure me that I...

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...