a sentence starter inspired by “ MABEL ” a podcast about ghosts , family secrets , strange houses , and missed connections written by becca de la rosa and mabel martin. / part 2.
you laughed, and i fell in love with you.
i love only you. only you. only ever you.
sometimes loves isn’t enough.
you are familiar and strange at the same time.
i thought you were beautiful: a thing i could never touch.
sometimes i think i would eat you if i could.
it is not uncommon for us to want to eat what we love.
where does it come from, the thread that ties us together?
you know some of my secrets, i know some of your secrets.
i always thought the worst thing in the world was repetition.
do you know who i am? or are you only looking in the mirror?
i am different. i am not the same as i was.
you don’t strike me as the kind of person ever to have been afraid of the dark.
even the dark needs things to eat, things to love.
the dark was hungry. the dark is always devouring.
i never used to step on insects. it would make me cry.
nothing in this universe is what you think it is.
i have only anecdotal evidence for this, but it’s true nonetheless.
entropy, come to devour all.
would they be horrified if they saw my hands, do you think?
my touch has always ruined everything, hasn’t it?
i am unwilling to change for any purpose except my own will, my own apotheosis.
