You Between the Lines

by Katie Naymon

I’m okay with taking constructive criticism—as long as I agree with it—but

I desperately wanted her to invite me to brunch.

A Taylor Swift–enthusiast sorority-girl Ohioan entering a Master of Fine Arts program. In poetry.

There is nothing worse than a straight white male poet.”

But I’m a person who likes structure and deadlines. It’s why I like group exercise instead of improvising at the gym. I need someone to tell me what to do. Otherwise I barely know where to start.

The word bursts into confetti somewhere deep in my chest.

That’s when I take what feels like my first breath in months.

I can hardly remember a time I wasn’t in love with you.”

You have always been the brightest thing in the room and I have never not wanted to be in your spotlight.”