1. glowing brightly, florist @homoidiotic // 2. Elena Ferrante, from Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein) // 3.4.5.6. Anton Chekhov, After the Fair (originally published 13 September 1884) // 7. Ada Limón, from Bright Dead Things; “Prickly Pear & Fisticuffs”

















