from The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
I’d figured that she was around my age, but it turned out that she was 12 years older, and married, too. In other words...I was having an affair. More
from Floral Mutter
I truly wish it were true, to disappear just like this, / no bones no flesh no breath, gone… More
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