if nothing else works, call your mom. poetry #9

are you a friend or a foe? ava has ever only known the inside of the confines of her hospital room, and she's never questioned that. curiosity only begins to stir within her when her sixteenth birthday rolls about and she starts to notice some things are amiss and not everybody is who they paint themselves out to be. - copyrighted. this is a stand-alone novella that is not affiliated with my other works. highest ranking: #8 short story (23/9/16)

and god, i love you. // inspired by "art class" by rhiannon mcgavin // #68 in poetry

Sometimes it snows, and sometimes you meet beautiful boys with cameras, and sometimes it snows and you meet beautiful boys with cameras. // #20 in short story //

You are dictators, tyrants, despots, narrating my dreams even as I sleep. You instill opinions and thoughts into my brain and make me think they are my own. That is who you are. [formerly, the night before]