A date with your high school ex-boyfriend

If your life is as fucked up as mine

It’s one of those times you think A or B will happen: you’ll either sleep with the guy and want a real relationship even though he doesn’t, or you’ll sleep with the guy…

Cautionary Tales

The last time I was in
this room, I 
promised I'd never come back here, I 
sealed the windows and
pulled up all the floorboards,
left the keys,
the dishes,
everything. Everything.

Gum-Swappin’

Kissing you is so fresh that cliches can’t do it justice, 
but I don’t know how else to phrase it just yet,
I don’t think a language can do it any favours,
when no one’s mastered how to translate what is technically a private story told only in tongues.