#on leaving

[othellho]

“Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda trans. Alastair Reid

[othellho]

“Wild is the Wind” by Carl Phillips

[wildshireberries]

I know female friendships are oftentimes a riddle and they rarely end well, but my god were we good. You brought to me what no one else ever can. You're everywhere. You're in the clothes you gave me, in the red lipstick you gifted on my birthday, in our shared playlist, in the pictures that come up as memories, in the stories I can't bring myself to like, in the phone number I stumble upon when searching for my cousin's, in every can of cheese cubes in oil I open, in the lake-beach near us, in the bus I take to the city, in the perfume seller when I go to the supermarket, in my skin and my memories. You're dust on the shelf and tears of not-totally-cleansed makeup.

[mothhauntedbyblame]

how can I ever leave my home when 500 miles song exists

[stillkeepsinging]

songs for leaving

ohio, andrew mcmahon in the wilderness / paul revere, noah kahan / boston, augustana / already home, a great big world / rome, dermot kennedy / oh my days, orville peck / the scientist, coldplay / you're gonna go far, noah kahan

[othellho]

“A Man Of Words,” John Ashbery

[othellho]

"Kansas", Gary Jackson