A Run-On Introduction
By Devin McManus
I believe in astrology even though it’s a little silly and my sun, moon, and rising signs are capricorn/scorpio/leo, my bedroom smells like cinnamon and my headphones are always on full volume and I’ll make a playlist for every occasion, my sneakers have smiley faces on them and I have entirely too many jackets (though I only really wear like three of them), I collect pretty ribbons and records and books and knickknacks and I have taper candles in every color, I love tea and raspberries and nectarines and olives and hate pickles and beef and mayonnaise. I wear red because it’s my favorite color, but also because it’s lucky and it reminds me of ladybugs and of my grandma, my perfume is jasmine and my hand soap is vanilla and I have a beauty mark beneath my lips and a freckle on my pointer finger and I love them dearly. My favorite season is spring, but it’s also fall, and I also have a soft spot for winter and summer and always long for at least one of them when they’re not around. I love Taylor Swift and Fleetwood Mac and Chappell Roan and Mötley Crüe and Big Thief and Queen and The Beatles and Arctic Monkeys and could not live without Melodrama or Ziggy Stardust or Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. I love fog and fresh snow and the summer sun on my face and will always dance in the rain, and the river is my happy place and so is a forest when the leaves are changing. I love to read and write and I work at a library and I think fanfiction is the most sincere form of literature (most of the time). I’m a bit obsessed with magic and witches and fairies and the moon and I’m a fan girl at heart and I do believe in fate. My name is Devin and I used to hate my name, but it means poet of hands and that kind of fits me perfectly. Funny how that works
