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i have the bladder of an atom and the nic addiction of my father in other words my work hates me

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i just cut my heel open what the fuck

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to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die

from John Keats’s love letter to Fanny Brawne Tristan and Isolt (Death), Rogelio de Egusquiza The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet, Frederick Leighton Death of Francesca de Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, Alexandre Cabanel

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Absolutely insane lines to just drop in the middle of an academic text btw. Feeling so normal about this.

[ A Critical History of English Literature, Vol. 1, Prof. David Daiches, first published in 1960 ]

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Perhaps the World Ends Here, Joy Harjo

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Ocean Vuong, The Emperor of Gladness

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— Kahlil Gibran, in a letter to Mary Haskell

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Her eyes closed. Lying in the tomb that had claimed her heart, faraway in a land she had never travelled, Harrowhark Nonagesimus fell asleep, or dropped dead, or both.

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okay im done my shameless plugging [ for now ]

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oh me oh my she writes again

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um maybe read, idk ...? <33

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Hello, Hello

I made a substack to upload any poetry, essays, or otherwise texts i've written. Feel free to take a look if it interests you <3

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Victoria Chang, from "Untitled #5, 1998", With My Back to the World

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Joy Sullivan, from “Culpable”, Instructions for Traveling West

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Mary Oliver / Ethel Cain / Tony Kushner / Reyna N.A. / Frank Bidart / First Reformed / avainblue

Religious trauma collection

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Franz Kafka, 1912

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i stopped going on social media obsessively for a month n its like wow love poofs on my doorstep