gabriela’s Reviews > Sunburn > Status Update

“the looming sky tells me that i will never be as ordinary as mother needs, and i will never be as extraordinary as susannah deserves. let the rain come, let me be cleansed. let me disappear into the fields and rise up and start again. why can i not start again?”

"the mess of her chewed-up burger has come back to my mind; it is met by her liquid voice, the close weather, the heel of her sock exposed as she leaned over the counter, and the sting of sweetness from the lollipop at my back teeth. it's her spit in my mouth. it's her racing through my mind. i don’t mind it. it makes me sick. i like it."