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You need cream, peach, and blush to build a face with light skin.
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Twelve Hundred Miles
By then, the boy had passed the house three times, each pass slower than the last.
Mar 28
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Stay
She showed up after midnight, knocking like she’d forgotten her keys.
Mar 14
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Clicks.
The pieces are small and stiff, all sharp tabs and shallow sockets. Her fingertips massage them flat, flip them, shiny side up. If only people were this…
Feb 28
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Dandelions
The diner’s called Lucky's. I don't know why.
Feb 14
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Christmas Eve 1993 began at the exit for Belleville Rd.
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Two phones for a hundred twenty souls.
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There’s a drawer in my nightstand I don’t open unless I’m looking for something else.
Dec 13, 2025
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3 AM at my door, her car sideways in the snow, she stumbled past me into the kitchen, shedding snow, then unzipped her black knee-high boots.
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