to drink everything in is also to feel very full

i am replaying things in my mind;


i like pressing ‘rewind’ for moments i want to relive again and again,


‘pause’ for the ones i wish would never end,


and ‘slow motion’ for the kissing scenes.

once i drew a perfect circle and showed it to someone and they said that's an oval

i am hormonal and i will tear your hair out

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i'm nice

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you have such cute morning legs

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we are puddles

we are the tender weather

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you are still the same-- no one ever really changes; that's what i told you, no one ever really changes. you looked at me and said, 'your smile is still the same'

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i heard your cat drinking out of my water glass and i had to keep myself from laughing. i heard his little mouth moving the ice cubes. you were asleep and i had to laugh silently.

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i want to make a shirt that says, 'reading is righteous!'

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sometimes i think you are the reincarnation of an ugly bunny rabbit.

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i'm still afraid of the dark