Stirring

"...darkness as x, y
as where this is headed. Fall harder for
bad girl me & draw black nails through mystery.
Shut your starsick heart up."

– T. Dallas Saylor (@dallas_saylor)

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"They say there is only one rule:
The headlights must recede into the fog.
And if the sun is your headlight?
You are walking, then.
The fog recedes into your headlight."

– Nicholas Molbert (@nicholasmolbert)

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"After five years, we let the dark
undress us still. To see each other
unclothed would be a concession.
You in your ragged sleep shirt
with holes at the underarms."

– Nicholas Molbert (@nicholasmolbert)

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"I text 'The Moon!' and she knows this
means, 'Go outside!' She knows this means, 'The universe is
beautiful, isn’t it?' She knows this means, 'I miss you. I love you.'"

– Joseph Mills

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"...two women fought with coat hangers down at Filene’s Basement.
They’d grabbed the same dress from the tangle of satin
during the Running of the Brides sale: a back buttoned
ivory lace thing"

– Jennifer Martelli (@Martelli89)

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