taylor-henryWhisper

Do you love me?I love you in a way that feels against my will / But also in a way that feels part of my design / I love you in a sense that is primal, innate, instinctive

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Apr 4

A Letter To The Wife I Never Got To LoveThe way we met was organic / “I have a friend, I really think you’d like her” / Meeting you, shy and rosy-cheeked

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Dec 28, 2025

Tennessee in JuneI love to gaze above me / The sky abundant with orange and pink and blue / Right around 8 at night, I watch the colors deepen

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Jun 5, 2024

UntitledI drank you in like you were a Paloma / Bitter, strong, hot in my gut / Something about you tasted like vacation

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Aug 9, 2018

ThawAfter she fed her flesh to the beasts / All that remained was bone / Even still, they picked their teeth with whatever was left

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Nov 13, 2017

UntitledI felt him the way I exhaled and destroyed the dandelions. / In the summer sun, everything was beautiful. / But by morning, I was covered in weeds.

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Oct 26, 2017

MapOnce, there was a balcony your body clutched like a tree limb / But there wasn't enough inertia in your heels / There wasn't enough sorrow in your heart

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Mar 4, 2017

You, the rhythm & Me, the bluesThere is a rusty I Love You in this hollow voice of mine / Like an old record in the jukebox in the corner of the tavern / I dust the binds of time off my skin and I spin wrecklessly

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Apr 25, 2016

FOUNDI found it in the way my name stumbled out of your mouth like it had weak ankles. / Almost like it had been stuck in the hollows of your cheeks. / But it wasn’t stuck.

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Nov 6, 2015

The BucketsThe clouds are the same shade of purple as her bruises on her knees / From stumbling around / Drunk. Always drunk

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May 2, 2015

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