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god knows
oh how i used to sing my praises to those mornings. to lie and say i still do would be committing a sin.
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Chicken Sandwiches
My mouth is salivating, and my head is pounding. I should probably get a trash can. Fuck.
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A Kaleidoscopic Embrace
No matter where I am or who I’m surrounded by, I can always find solace in myself, as I embrace myself dearly.
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House of God
And after everything, my past will never change. And I will continue to be the person I am.
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The String, The Eruv
And this string hugs me. And this eruv holds my hand.
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Learning How To Pray
after you passed, i listened to this one song by the microphones a lot.
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The People’s Circle for Palestine
Dear reader, ahead of you lies a story littered with death—that of people, of land, of hope, of resistance, and empire. Which deaths you encounter depend on the choices you make. Your choices are, of course, the means to the ends you desire. So choose wisely.
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Food of Love
There’s a line in The Princess and the Frog that says “the quickest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach,” which is a sentiment that only feels like it becomes increasingly true as I get older.
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Frye’s Before Guys: Lesbian Culture in University Towns
From masterdocs listing lesbians to colourful hook-up maps, university town lesbians have repeated a historical mantra; when you lack a third space, go to third base.
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Canine
If you were hungry enough, you would bite your own foot off. Chew through the bone, leave your severed foot limp in your stomach like nothing had happened. You would sustain yourself.
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tongue tied
by jahna bird
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first date
consider: love as a butch who makes everything easy.
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Mother to Son
In the final act of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, the titular character kills the two men who perpetrated the rape and mutilation of his daughter.
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C – CYBERNETIC
R – robot, n : a machine that resembles a living creature in being capable of moving independently (as by walking or rolling on wheels) and performing complex actions (such as grasping and moving objects)
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Do Orcas Celebrate Valentine’s Day?
If you want to feel beyond human capability. Sink your teeth in. Tear at the flesh of another. Let the blood mix with the salt water. Find the liver.
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youandme
n another week the rain will sweep our bones together and we will be some vast and bloated thing
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robolove
So, to love a robot is to love yourself.
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Break the Cycle, Hold the Needle
I stayed while they stuffed me like their taxidermied doll.