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October 20, 2013

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Published on October 20, 2013 15:12

October 17, 2013

"It is not a five star stay. It is not compliments and it is never ever flattery. It is fact. It is..."

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It is not a five star stay. It is not compliments and it is never ever flattery. It is fact. It is tough, can be hard

and it is definitely not diamonds.

It is solid. It is not sweet but always nutritious, always herb. always salt. Sometimes grit.

It is now and till the end. It is never a slither, never a little

it is a full serving

it is much…too much and real

never pretty or clean. It stinks, you can smell it coming, it is weight…it is weight and it is too heavy to feel good sometimes

…it is discomfort, it is not what the films say. Only songs

get it right

it is irregular

it is difficult

and always, always

surprising.

”

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what love isn’t

Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Published on October 17, 2013 04:14

what love isn’tIt is not a five star stay. It is not...

what love isn’t

It is not a five star stay. It is not compliments and it is never ever flattery. It is fact. It is tough, can be hard
and it is definitely not diamonds.
It is solid. It is not sweet but always nutritious, always herb. always salt. Sometimes grit.
It is now and till the end. It is never a slither, never a little
it is a full serving
it is much…too much and real
never pretty or clean. It stinks, you can smell it coming, it is weight…it is weight and it is too heavy to feel good sometimes
…it is discomfort, it is not what the films say. Only songs
get it right
it is irregular
it is difficult
and always, always
surprising.

Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Published on October 17, 2013 04:12

what love isn’t

It is not a five star stay. It is not...

what love isn’t

It is not a five star stay. It is not compliments and it is never ever flattery. It is fact. It is tough, can be hard

and it is definitely not diamonds.

It is solid. It is not sweet but always nutritious, always herb. always salt. Sometimes grit.

It is now and till the end. It is never a slither, never a little

it is a full serving

it is much…too much and real

never pretty or clean. It stinks, you can smell it coming, it is weight…it is weight and it is too heavy to feel good sometimes

…it is discomfort, it is not what the films say. Only songs

get it right

it is irregular

it is difficult

and always, always

surprising.

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Published on October 17, 2013 04:12

October 15, 2013

impending dialogue - freewrite Hungry. Stomach screaming hungry,...

impending dialogue - freewrite
Hungry. Stomach screaming hungry, I worry about the conversation we haven’t had yet. You know, this one. I will order pudding after dinner and chew and swallow without tasting anything much. You… you will chain-smoke and drink three different beers and we will talk out how to make the best of things despite the year and it’s shitty weather. We are tired of dressing in layers just in case and leaving wet umbrellas in other people’s houses. Who can live like that? On the day, your voice will be too bright and cheerful, the way it always is when you hurt the most. We’re always trying to make everything okay. Fine. Well - and whatever shit we tell our friends instead of awful. Grieving. Barely breathing. Come, let us talk with our closed up throats, crushed hearts and wet eyes. Quickly, because when you get that metallic taste on your tongue and teeth it means trouble and when I get that light feeling in the space between the back of my eyes and my skull it means hell.

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Published on October 15, 2013 16:02