“I had been lying about having my period since junior high”

“Mom, I’m gay.”

If I’m an asshole, a clown, an intellectual, a poet, a patriot, or a sex-crazed creeper…

“Lie with who you want. This is what is expected of women my age”

“Still watching my shower drain like it holds horrors”

“You are naked in the darkroom”

“I come before I know what I’m doing. Never once does he look attractive”

“…Why have fun when you don’t have to…”

“All that you knew in your mind sent out over copper wires”

“Sometimes, in my dark moments, I think this world has died”

Casual oppression at the grocery store…

“Against the backdrop of your hometown basic bitches”

“expose vulnerability and isolation, while others reflect solitude and comfort.”

“He came here as cargo”

“the headline of all the papers being held up and read announced the fourteen-year anniversary of 9/11”

“I inhale and my lungs know it’s over”

Masks, mirrors, and pumps.

“I am using the same fantasy I’ve used since before I used my fingers”

“Maybe I’m at the Australia of myself.”

“Casual’s okay for you, right?”