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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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