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Melanie Brandt

Melanie Brandt

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Melanie Brandt
Melanie Brandt
Sep 7, 2018 · 2 min read

More.

Whatever you got it ain’t enough.

I want more.

Melanie Brandt
Melanie Brandt
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 min read

Ugly.

I don’t know when it happened or how I found out, but I’m ugly. My face is dry as a bone today,my hair’s so puffy it looks like Jiffy Pop on an electric stove. My stomach pours out over my feet onto the sidewalk. I hate to be noticed but I may see you and smile. I’m so completely ashamed of myself that I want to run…

Melanie Brandt
Melanie Brandt
Sep 5, 2018 · 1 min read

The Fly in the Windowsill

It must be hard to be a fly in a windowsill.

Buzzing so fiercely against the impossible.

Panic would set in.

Exhaustion.

Confusion.

Vulnerability.

Melanie Brandt
Melanie Brandt
Jul 28, 2018 · 1 min read

Why did I do that?

I pushed him away.

I told him, I already told him. He knew.

I did it again. I fawned and shined so bright!

God knows I meant it. “I love you.” I spoke the truth.

That’s how I said it. There. . Just like…

Melanie Brandt
Melanie Brandt
Jul 8, 2018 · 1 min read

My Dark Places

Loves the crime.

Stares at the pain.

My dark places.

Familiar with hurt.

Picks the wounds and looks under the skirt.

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