just deserts

fates worse than emptiness

SMALL! BE SMALL!

• when dusk clips each sunbeam and the glow of the ocean fades
• the worst of me will dive in without a plan

cold is

• slow
• pure
• quiet
• clean

at times, even

• patient

what do YOU care?

• satsuma
• mandarin
• valencia

you were a lonely kid too, huh?

an itemized list of twenty-four red flags comes to mind

everything

wondering what it feels like to earn something

• elbows interlocked
• this will be painful

REIMAGINED TOUGHNESS

thoughts R germs

• twin spoonfuls of honey
• wax rose, bright red
• waterlogged girl (gets a headache)

• cold
• solitary
• nauseating ice blue