𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦

𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦.

❝ How many times have people
used a pen or paintbrush because
they couldn't pull the trigger? ❞

—Virginia Woolf.

i. Family Tree. Ethel Cain.
❝ I'm just a child,
but I'm not above violence.
My mama raised me better than that.
When the preacher talks,
that man demands his silence.
And Daddy said shoot first,
then run and don't look back. ❞

ii. the fruits. Paris Paloma.
❝ "Angel," he calls me.
Does he know that I'm falling
from a precipice that I tripped off long ago?
"You're so pure," he says.
Does he know, I'm forsaken?
The original sinner,
but soon you'll know. ❞

iii. You're Somebody Else. flora cash.
❝ Well, you look like yourself,
but your somebody else,
only it ain't on the surface. ❞

iv. The Perfect Girl. Mareux.
❝ You're such a strange girl,
I think you come from another world.
You're such a strange girl,
I really don't understand a word. ❞

v. labour. Paris Paloma.
❝ Who fetches the water,
from the rocky mountain spring,
and walk back down again
to feel your words and their sharp sting.
And I'm getting fucking tired. ❞

vi. In My Solitude. Billie Holiday.
❝ In my solitude,
you haunt me
with reveries
of days gone by. ❞

vii. rats in my walls. ratbag.
❝ There's lot of thoughts in my head,
so I'll just keep putting them to bed.
Can I get outta here?
Oh, I'll go anywhere. ❞

viii. No Surprises. Radiohead.
❝ You look so tired,
unhappy.
Bring down the government,
they don't, they don't speak for us.
I'll take a quiet life,
a handshake of carbon monoxide,
and no alarms and no surprises. ❞

ix. It's Called: Freefall. Paris Paloma.
❝ Fuck this, let gravity win, like
you could leave it all behind,
even the devil needs time alone sometimes. ❞

x. Romantic. Mannequin Pussy.
❝ Everyone here looks
just like everyone else.
I'm in hell. ❞

Memento Mori
[ meˈmɛn̪t̪o ˈmɔːri ] • Latin

(phr.) (lit.) "remember you must die";
an emblematic object
or personal ornament, such as a skull,
used as a reminder of one's mortality.

❝ "Devil," he calls me,
but seems to be enjoying
the fruits of my labour that came to me too young. ❞