“I pretended the blackness belonged there–that I had grown such a thing”

“Somewhere along the line, I lost my immortality device”

“I pushed aside the attachments and pulled out the vibrator”

“being proud of one’s sexuality doesn’t mean one deserves sexual assault”

“if I just paced long enough, they’d see me”

“Is this actually the best Halloween costume ever?”

“I remember feeling lost instantly after feeling loved”

“You wake up to a certain kind of blackness”

“I had been lying about having my period since junior high”

If I’m an asshole, a clown, an intellectual, a poet, a patriot, or a sex-crazed creeper…

“Lie with who you want. This is what is expected of women my age”

“Still watching my shower drain like it holds horrors”

“You are naked in the darkroom”

“I come before I know what I’m doing. Never once does he look attractive”

“All that you knew in your mind sent out over copper wires”

“Against the backdrop of your hometown basic bitches”

“the headline of all the papers being held up and read announced the fourteen-year anniversary of 9/11”

“I inhale and my lungs know it’s over”

“I am using the same fantasy I’ve used since before I used my fingers”

“forced to swim for their lives to their neighbors’ house on slightly higher ground in the middle of 174mph winds”