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“It’s an awful thing, you know, to be tolerated—everyone needs you, nobody wants you.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“Even if they escaped, they would not escape intact: the act of saving themselves would leave scars, had left scars.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“He speaks of nothing but you,” Deng said in a quieter voice. “No—that’s not quite true. He speaks of many things, but you are part of each of them.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“to the two men who yelled: “that’s a man in a dress! hey
everyone that’s a man in a dress!” while pointing at me
on sixth avenue:
i wanted to turn around and point back, shout:
“hey everyone that’s an insecure man, that’s an insecure
man! that’s an insecure man!”
―
everyone that’s a man in a dress!” while pointing at me
on sixth avenue:
i wanted to turn around and point back, shout:
“hey everyone that’s an insecure man, that’s an insecure
man! that’s an insecure man!”
―
“where do all of the sad girls go?
in this world that requires us
to write poems about the people who have their hands
wrapped around our necks for the very people who have
their hands wrapped around our necks to recognize
that they indeed have their hands wrapped around our
necks?”
― Femme in Public
in this world that requires us
to write poems about the people who have their hands
wrapped around our necks for the very people who have
their hands wrapped around our necks to recognize
that they indeed have their hands wrapped around our
necks?”
― Femme in Public
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