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“He was not sure what he had been looking for. He only knew that he had not found it.”
― Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders

“Being a Poet"

People must think
that being a poet is very slow,
sincere and quiet.
But at night
the inside of my chest is
so loud,
sometimes I stay awake for days,
trying to out-howl
the hunger
inside it.”
― Ashe Vernon, Wrong Side of a Fistfight

“The relief of giving in to destruction.”
― Mary Jo Bang, Apology for Want

“I kept you so well, buried beneath the darkest shame and stilled with filthy lies. Perhaps I should have dug deeper.”
― Nicole Lyons