“He never missed a premium, never had a drink, never had a woman.
He said so. It was the way he put it. Women were a sort of meal. But he was never hungry.”
― Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper
He said so. It was the way he put it. Women were a sort of meal. But he was never hungry.”
― Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper
“Tell me that you know there’s nothing poetic about plane tickets.
Tell me that you want to buy them anyway.
Ask me to stay.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
Tell me that you want to buy them anyway.
Ask me to stay.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
“Looking around at dirty clothes and empty bottles,
I got seasick for the first time in my life.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
I got seasick for the first time in my life.”
― The Dogs I Have Kissed
“It’s called a mondegreen, a misheard lyric, like how the Ramones will sing, I wanna be sedated, & my mom will nod along as she sings, I want a piece of bacon. It’s the way our brains fill in gaps, make sense of things we didn’t
or couldn’t hear, the way my mom said,
he’s gone, & I asked her where?”
― Swallowtail
or couldn’t hear, the way my mom said,
he’s gone, & I asked her where?”
― Swallowtail
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