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This could be a metaphor for something
A while back, I bought a van. This is true and also could be metaphor for something. I’d been looking for a van for months—scouring facebook and…
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Aug 11
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What you don't want to hear
Andy and Shelby were sisters who lived across the street from my grandma in Amarillo, and because we around the same ages, they were our best friends…
Lauren Hough
Aug 10
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Time
I strum that Townes song about if you needed me. I never remember how the song begins. Funny that. I start with if you needed me and go back to the…
Lauren Hough
Aug 10
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We don't swear in this house
We don’t swear in this house. We don’t use four letter words. We have a bigger vocabulary that that. We know words like solitary confinement and life…
Lauren Hough
Aug 8
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Colin Robinson
Do you watch What We Do in the Shadows? If you do, skip this. You already know. If not, all you need to know about the show for this to work, is it’s a…
Lauren Hough
Aug 6
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Teddy's Way
There’s a field near my apartment. I’m not sure what it’s for or who owns it. Never seen anyone using it for whatever its intended purpose. There’s a…
Lauren Hough
Aug 5
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Who is Ana Mardoll
Every so often, I’ll get a message from someone saying they once knew a girl who grew up in the Family, the cult I was raised in. This started before I…
Lauren Hough
Aug 2
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Sad Songs Say So Much
I heard a sad song today by a guy named Jason Isbell. We follow each other on twitter so I sent him a dm asking if he’s okay. He hasn’t responded yet…
Lauren Hough
Jul 29
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Sad Songs Say So Much
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pride cometh etc
You’re not supposed to be proud. Say you are but don’t feel it, my god do now show it. That you glued yourself together with the scraps they forgot to…
Lauren Hough
Jul 29
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Smile.
You tell your therapist you’re exhausted and he says you’ve gotta strike while you’re hot. You tell a friend you’re just tired, and they say, isn’t this…
Lauren Hough
Jul 27
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celebration and taxes
Turned in another draft of a proposal about ten minutes ago. Texted someone because fuck yeah I turned in a proposal draft and it feels like a book. I…
Lauren Hough
Jul 26
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Confession
I worry sometimes that we don’t know how to read anymore. I know it’s not the biggest problem. That’s a phrase I have to add because someone’s going to…
Lauren Hough
Jul 23
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