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Tag: friendship

Sink

He says he never brings girls back to his place because he’s embarrassed about his flat. I tell him that … More

alcohol, childhood, death, fiction, friendship, grief, life, prose, short prose, short story, trauma, writing

’til Death

1. The problem with a blood pact is that you can’t take it back. 2. It looked like the scene … More

blood, friendship, life, love, memory, poem, poetry, punk noir, relationships, toxic, writing

Cereal for Dinner

Sometimes, when consciousness was simply too painful for our sensitive souls, we would consume enough vodka, valium and zopiclone to … More

drunk, friendship, life, love, mental health, mental illness, overdose, poem, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, relationships, writing

Things He Said in Bed

Everyone’s dead / all my family’s dead now / it’s just me. Last man standing but I feel like I’m … More

conversation, friendship, life, poetry, prose, prose poetry, prosetry, relationships, writing

Sometimes I Didn’t Talk At All

Most times I’d tell you interesting facts about ketchup / painters / space or Japan / coins / pregnant giraffes … More

depression, friendship, life, love, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, relationships, writing

Half-Life

Ashley told us that every time you do a line of cocaine it makes loads of microscopic holes in your … More

addiction, advice, body, drug abuse, drugs, friendship, memory, poem, poetry, psychology, science, student life, writing, youth

Halfway

1st July marked the midpoint of 2020 (183 days done, 183 days to go) So far this year I have … More

2020, achievements, books, diary, failures, friendship, goals, life, poetry, update, wins, writing

Elizabeth

she looked like a girl I knew but stranger a creature dental-floss hair ice in her eyes tattoos on her … More

conversation, depression, dialogue, experience, friendship, holiday, life, mental illness, poem, poetry, secrets, strangers, suffering, writing

My New Friend

“Hey, kid, where’s your mama?” “At work,” she says. “What about your dad?” “Gone.” I flinch for a moment, wondering … More

advice, childhood, conversation, danger, dialogue, friendship, girls, learning, life, safety, short prose, strangers, women, writing, youth

091019

I don’t want to spend the rest of my days turning your socks inside out (I know that I don’t … More

death, diary, friendship, grief, journal, life, London, murder, notebook, poetry, prosetry, relationships, sadness, writing

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