People Like Them
It would never be said that Gloribel wasn’t the first, or the last, to swallow what wasn’t real.
It would never be said that Gloribel wasn’t the first, or the last, to swallow what wasn’t real.
Usually, Tara’s mother socializes. I stand at a distance, holding Tara in my arms.
Our desert-night camouflage pattern may bring back memories of the flak you donned in Bagdad.
The slip taped to his locker at the post office was an obscene shade of rose—a private pink that called to mind the very thing that had gotten him in trouble in the first place.
An example of the just-world phenomenon: If anyone found out, they would think I deserved it. When it’s the girl who gets hurt, they always do.
When Lilith and Gerald were married, it was because they should be.
I remember when they told us to get off the plane, though I have tried to forget it because you said it was not a story.
2-Down: ______ Stewart, queer actress you feel like you should be attracted to but aren’t.
Alicia only meant to bring newfound meaning to her bedraggled life, hoping her memories and grief would be blunted by the comfort of another living creature.
As a team of three, they have no choice but to help you catch the boys because even they know it is not safe for girls to be alone with a Schwarzen Mann.
On Mars, there would be no coupling off, no cliques. People couldn’t leave you behind. That’s what Libby had been counting on.
We grow into forgetfulness and unfist our bones and litter them for crows.
Listen, it’s okay to say you want something to stick around. It’s okay to love something.
The neighbors wanted the bird out. “Do something,” they said. It was all in the eyes, wide and accusatory and wild.
You make of him a mouthful, yet you can taste his unease, taste his cold feet.
Kurt had costars—and many ex-costars—claim their producers were like their best friends, their handlers, their editors, their priests.
I tell him how the reaction from my community was in some ways worse than the abuse.
Everything looks better from far away. A camera that floats over a polluted sea still brings home serene footage.
Such intensity of emotion was rare for Calvin, but seagulls warranted it.