you’re so golden

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[sputniksea]

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[thebeiges]

[ellehena]

[sunkissedandbronzed]

[boringangel]

[3blush]

[sunkissedandbronzed]

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[jermainecole]

Alexa Demie for Cultured Magazine- Winter 2021

[bestofgentleearth]

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[matchagirl]

[sunkissedandbronzed]

koleen diaz

[tenderblues]

Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

[sawasawako-archived]

i love the repetition here—it mirrors the sensation of what they’re doing, physically and temporally. instead of describing the kiss w flowery diction, the action of kissing is merely repeated, so everything else is stripped away and you’re left with the distilled physiology of it that escalates as each fragment “And I kissed him” is repeated. the fullstops create the illusion of momentum that seems to build to a climax, but that’s not real bc they’re suspended in one action, one moment. the asymmetry of the repeated lines and the final, solitary one where “he” (Dante) reciprocates Ari’s impassioned gesture creates catharsis bc the emotional drive—bordering on desperation—evinced by the repetition of “And I kissed him” is resolved by the quiet affirmation that comes with the reciprocal “And he kept kissing me back.”

[lyjerria]

if it’s meant for me, I will have it. if it isn’t, I’m prepared to receive something even better.

[szanella]