caroline-stradley

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Identities (4/13/2022)I don't know who I want to be / I go to Target to pick out new identities / try them on in a humid f

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Jul 17, 2022

Don't Feel Like Being Mad Anymore (3/16/2022)Sometimes I think that my depression has me in a chokehold so / I pull off its mask only to find tha

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Jul 17, 2022

My Body (2/2/2022)My toes are numb / And I can't breathe through my nose / And I can't wait to get home / And crawl un

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Jul 17, 2022

I Should Be Happy (November 2021)I should be happy / Today was a good day / like objectively a good day / like, on paper, a good day

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Jul 17, 2022

Don't Cool Off (September - 2021)The polka-dotted sidewalk, / beginnings of a rain-soaked street / The dampness of my socks means tha

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Jul 17, 2022

Twice (September - 2021)"How was your day?" He asks. / "Up and down," I say. "How about yours?" / He goes on to write me a p

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Jul 17, 2022

Untitled (8/18/2021)Walking through the deserted night, I descend into the valley and reserve my strength. / I come acro

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Jul 17, 2022

Funeral Industry (3/12/2022)you got me on your hit list / i can't afford a therapist / it might be cheaper to die / well, maybe

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Jul 17, 2022

Goes Without Saying (2/19/2022)The sky burns into night on a broken gold horizon / Cela va sans dire mais, I will say it anyway / T

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Jul 17, 2022

Celebrity (11/19/2021)Nobody writes about the glue unless it doesn't stick like it used to / Nobody cares about what's alw

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Jul 17, 2022

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