Bury Me Next to Your Name
“I need you to do something for me,” you said as you sat across from me in the locker room.
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ReadNegotiation
I carry a large box to the post office on Sixth Street making my way up the few stairs. -
ReadDiamond Blanket Sky
Like all nights, this one was muggy and black. It will rain tonight, he thought as he rubbed his arthritic knee. Maybe. -
ReadHeaven is a Place on Earth
Out past the bridge, past the edge of town where the old houses give way to the stretch of firs that continues for a few miles before dissolving into shrubland, there is a little church -
ReadAll That Remains
I got my period two days ago but tell him I’m pregnant anyway. -
ReadRock Jenny
Jenny’s first change, like everybody else’s, was expected. -
ReadFemale While in Mexico
Hers is a country of dead people. All those graves scattered over the hill, the white crosses, the angels with their hands on their chests, the pinwheels that spin over children’s graves. -
ReadGenuine Ringers
Julia was a single mom, so she did what she had to do. -
ReadThe Door That Closes Itself
how is it / that you force-fuck / and call us whores / you tell us we only care / about your size, your wallet / when we’ve bought you flowers / yet there’s only dirt in your palms -
ReadEvery Three Minutes
I am my father’s pusher. Just this once, tonight. Mash the button.
