i have this / never ending obsession / with tragedy / do you notice that? / it appears / even in / the most casual ways / i'm drawn to: / ripped jeans / over salted fries / ruined fictional men / flawed fictional women / i realized all this / when i bought / plastic glow-in-the-dark stars / at the / dollar store / i taped them / on my ceiling / a sort of / stargazing / simulation / i laugh / do you see / the fucking tragedy? / the air / is so fucking / polluted / i never see / the stars / so i have / to buy them / at the local / fucking / dollar store
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I, Girl
Poetryi am my own god, my own spirit, my own prayer. -- a complete series of 44 poems concerning girlhood, dread, and catholic guilt.