“The Good Fight” Ada Limón, “Infinite Jest” David Foster Wallace, “Ophelia” John Everett Millais, “Red Doc” Anne Carson, “I wanted to be the knife” Sara Sutterlin, “A primer for the small weird loves” Richard Siken, “First memory” Louise Glück.
[id: six images of quotes and one of a painting.
text 1: how do you love? like a fist. like a knife.
text 2: everything i’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it.
the painting depicts a woman with pale skin in water, facing the sky. her hands are spread out and she’s holding flowers in one hand, with more flowers strewed around her. her expression seems to show that she is regretful or longing for something.
text 3: to feel anything deranges you.
text 4: eating a bagel and being a cunt. cursing all the christmas tea gift boxes from people who pity me. i wonder who loves me everyday, all the time.
text 5: you do this, you do. you take the things you love and tear them apart.
text 6: i thought the pain meant i was not loved. it meant i loved.
/ end id]
