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Vicky Guareschi
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“I mean you ask me
not to fall in love with you
and then you go write poems
with your tongue
and draw constellations
in my freckles.”
― As Often As Miracles
not to fall in love with you
and then you go write poems
with your tongue
and draw constellations
in my freckles.”
― As Often As Miracles
“If anyone else were to kiss me, all they would taste is your name.”
―
―
“All this time
I drank you like the cure when maybe
you were the poison.”
―
I drank you like the cure when maybe
you were the poison.”
―
“I wonder if you know yet that you’ll leave me. That you are a child playing with matches and I have a paper body. You will meet a girl with a softer voice and stronger arms and she will not have violent secrets or an affection for red wine or eyes that never stay dry. You will fall into her bed and I’ll go back to spending Friday nights with boys who never learn my last name. ”
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―
“I pity the woman who will love you
when I am done. She will show up
to your first date with a dustpan
and broom, ready to pick up all the pieces
I left you in. She will hear my name so often
it will begin to dig holes in her. That
is where doubt will grow. She will look
at your neck, your thin hips, your mouth,
wondering at the way I touched you.
She will make you all the promises I did
and some I never could. She will hear only
the terrible stories. How I drank. How I lied.
She will wonder (as I have) how someone
as wonderful as you could love a monster
like the woman who came before her. Still,
she will compete with my ghost.
She will understand why you do not look
in the back of closets. Why you are afraid
of what’s under the bed. She will know
every corner of you is haunted
by me.”
―
when I am done. She will show up
to your first date with a dustpan
and broom, ready to pick up all the pieces
I left you in. She will hear my name so often
it will begin to dig holes in her. That
is where doubt will grow. She will look
at your neck, your thin hips, your mouth,
wondering at the way I touched you.
She will make you all the promises I did
and some I never could. She will hear only
the terrible stories. How I drank. How I lied.
She will wonder (as I have) how someone
as wonderful as you could love a monster
like the woman who came before her. Still,
she will compete with my ghost.
She will understand why you do not look
in the back of closets. Why you are afraid
of what’s under the bed. She will know
every corner of you is haunted
by me.”
―
Vicky’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Vicky’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
373 books
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44 friends
123 books
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62 friends
7 books
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15 friends
41 books
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18 friends
84 books
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7 friends
92 books
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1 friend
117 books
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26 friends
Favorite Genres
Business, Classics, Fantasy, Fiction, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Science, Thriller, and Young-adult
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