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“Poems are like underwear.
Sometimes you want people to see them.
Sometimes they're uncomfortable.
Sometimes they're dirty, sometimes they're full of blood."
-Alicia”
― Dear Medusa
Sometimes you want people to see them.
Sometimes they're uncomfortable.
Sometimes they're dirty, sometimes they're full of blood."
-Alicia”
― Dear Medusa
“There should be a special word
for the kind of heartbreak
that comes not from a lover
but from a friend."
-Alicia”
― Dear Medusa
for the kind of heartbreak
that comes not from a lover
but from a friend."
-Alicia”
― Dear Medusa
“My hair is the color of a dart frog:
generations of death adapting
into this exact shade of poison
...bright red and orange,
the colors of pain,
I WILL MAKE YOU SICK
I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR THROAT
ATTENTION!
I MAY LOOK LIKE PREY
BUT I WILL END
YOUR
LIFE”
― Dear Medusa
generations of death adapting
into this exact shade of poison
...bright red and orange,
the colors of pain,
I WILL MAKE YOU SICK
I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR THROAT
ATTENTION!
I MAY LOOK LIKE PREY
BUT I WILL END
YOUR
LIFE”
― Dear Medusa
“Fear makes people stupid,”
― A Conspiracy of Stars
― A Conspiracy of Stars
“Sometimes I'm torn about eyes
because there are times when I'm
riding the bus
walking to class
shopping with my mom,
when I look up to find
eyes on my body,
hungry stare, sometimes someone
my age and sometimes
not, a stare that turns me
into a meal.
And sometimes I like the way it feels
like someone has lit a torch
in my stomach in the deepest night
and all the moths come seeking.
Is it possible
to like something sometimes
and hate it other times?
Am I allowed
to decide when
I want to be
a feast?”
― Dear Medusa
because there are times when I'm
riding the bus
walking to class
shopping with my mom,
when I look up to find
eyes on my body,
hungry stare, sometimes someone
my age and sometimes
not, a stare that turns me
into a meal.
And sometimes I like the way it feels
like someone has lit a torch
in my stomach in the deepest night
and all the moths come seeking.
Is it possible
to like something sometimes
and hate it other times?
Am I allowed
to decide when
I want to be
a feast?”
― Dear Medusa
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