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Jul 2014 pascal

Moth.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

Moth.

that kid phil wouldn't shut up about **** and
acid, downing a can of pabst blue ribbon, the logs
snapped and I let the moths drown him out, because
the stars are so much louder (my silence is so much
louder than it used to be) have you ever wondered
why moths are such idiots? he asks. I tell him they're
just looking for the moon and everyone goes quiet
because, what? They wanted to believe that moths
aren't just searching for the light too?

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

2011.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

2011.

i wove a flower crown
for you; how could i
forget? i want to tell
everyone how much
i love them for all
the things i cannot
say to you, i'm
still trying to
write you
down.

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

Because I haven't.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

Because I haven't.

I wanted to
make this
longer but
there is no
pretty way
to ask if
you have
fallen in
love with
someone
else
yet.

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

Bless You.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

Bless You.

Make a wish on your necklace clasp
he's thinking about you when you
sneeze I wonder if you see hallmark
cards and think of me, if you read
Monte Cristo and wish I was
Haydée, if you grow flushed
during that chapter of The
Great Gatsby where your
voice broke twice and
you let your head fall
back, I miss the ways
I could make you
do that.

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

I didn't intend for this to rhyme.

Jul 2014 pascal

Ask Me About Chris.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

Ask Me About Chris.

sometimes describing
your face absolves me
of all the things I did
wrong, people see it
on my lips, *ask me,
ask me about Chris

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

replaced.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

replaced.

we are the outliers
the ones with plain
souls, the girls they
loved before they
were found, we
are the hearts
before the
discovery
we are
not
the

discovered.

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

She Likes Older Men.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

She Likes Older Men.

she likes older men
because Ty said boys
like *****, and he tells
me that librarians are
**** when I say I have
a full bookcase at
home, when he
says he doesn't
read, when he
ditches me on
July 4th to
get drunk
prays before
his meals but
says that he
would ****
my friends
if I broke
his heart.

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

Blunt and Foward.

Jul 2014 pascal

brooke

Blunt and Foward.

i sometimes wish
we had made love
so that at least you'd
have one redeeming
thing to say about me
but maybe I'm just
that crazy one who
told you she hated
you.

is that what you tell people?

(c) Brooke Otto 2014

Jul 2014 pascal

A Lot Like Falling

Jul 2014 pascal

Ashley Garreau

A Lot Like Falling

Most days
Im trying so hard to stay afloat
That for a moment
I was so tired
I finally chose
To drown
And it felt more like
Flying.

Now it feels more like
Falling.
Again
And again
And again
In these endless dead end cycles
Because my heart refuses
To abide by my head.

Most days
I'm so numb
That for a moment
I finally chose to feel
Letting bliss flood my lungs
Along with the pain.

I took a deep breath of it
And I went
Under.