here is maë. girl. mortal. philosopher. harbinger of death. here is armie. boy. god. lover. armageddon. and here is the end of the world.

pink: [pingk] the best and worst color / what haunts dan everywhere he goes pink: [pingk] to pierce, stab / what dan's heart goes through every time he sees felix pink: [pingk] dan's greatest enemy, the most stereotypical description of what he is, the most terrible kind of experience one can go through with someone that will never like one back. cover by Penelope Crawford @synergism please check out her other works; she's a talented and lovely person!

AN ABUNDANCE OF GAY AND SPACE METAPHORS.

[TEASER ONLY] BONUS CHAPTER (A Week of Bash's Diary Entries): https://www.amazon.com/Diary-Bash-Daley-Jovie-Chapter-ebook/dp/B0GY1TQSTP He's a would-be college student stacking books in the local library. She's a high school senior nearing graduation. He leads a life of organized chaos and she's living by the book. He's free but all she can see are consequences. You can't control who you fall in love with. [To be published end of April 2026 Stay tuned for details.]

❝If I'm going to write a book it will be about you − about your flaws − because when I first fell in love with you it was because of your flaws.❞ All rights reserved @ o p t i c a l i t y | 2017

an abundance of space metaphors and you. #1 in poetry 6/7/16

bal-co-nee-al ; of or referring to a balcony \\ in which a cynical girl and a disastrously (self-characterized) aromantic psychology student have daily discussions between neighbouring balconies \\ #1 in short story june & july 2k15 \\ book 1

SEQUEL TO BALCONIAL CONVERSATIONS | In which Katherine and Cambriel suffer the ups and downs of a long distance relationship | Wattys 2016 | cover by the fabulous @kdkellow

"i. they tell me they 
cannot comprehend art. where art is, whispers reside. ii. i tell them
 that the only art i need are the words that bleed onto paper. iii. they tell me it doesn't work that way. there are compromises for art. sports. science. history. iv. but i want to speak. there are moments that fleet away when i do not store them. there are impulses that dab off when i do not write. v. when i am alive, i burst
open with Slyvia Plath and Robert Frost. my hair fluffs with words. my veins cry with poetry. vi. welcome to my poetry book. i hope you drown in the words you sink in." ©theperfectphoenix Established -- [09-03-2016] Highest Rank : #2 in Poetry. Now A Wattpad Featured Book! [20-05-2016]

in which a guy hopelessly falls in love with his neighbor or maybe that isn't the case.