Crybaby Quotes

“I wore your armor just to feel deathless.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby

“The comet fell limp in an unnamed river
and killed nothing.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby

“A hand pressed lightly against
my neck. Lips grazing
the apple of my bottom lip.
Your name like a tongue
over the ridges of my teeth.
Your body like a downpour
with me dancing underneath it.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby

“I wore your armor
just to feel deathless.
I wore your armor just to know
what it meant to be inside of you.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby

“Mother, her
absence was the most
beautiful thing I’ve ever
suffered through,
ache like a
purple gown that trailed
behind me when I walked.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby

“A hand pressed lightly against
my neck. Lips grazing
the apple of my bottom lip.
Your name like a tongue
over the ridges of my teeth.
Your body like a downpour
with me dancing underneath it”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby

“She knew her prehistorically,
knew her anciently.
When their bodies met,
the earth got quiet again.
The continents held hands.
The comet fell limp in an unnamed river
and killed nothing,
smoke rising and disappearing
like a thing unremembered.”
― Caitlyn Siehl, Crybaby