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  • Self-Serve

    I sometimes wonder if I’ve made an impact on any of the men’s lives I’ve dated. I don’t understand man emotions because they have never been explained to me, but I wonder if I’ve caused them pain or sadness. In such times, I take comfort in the possibility that I might have mattered in some…

  • Probable Cause

    How I’d like to be a Republican doing God’s work fighting for the cause in love I’d like to be George W. transparent intelligence make the course, stay the course the exit strategy is there is no exit only submission is possible I could be leader of the free and righteous world Women as Christians…

  • An Overview of Shelves

    I shelved my aunt the same day I was shelved by my lover. Admittedly, her dismissal was more traumatic of the two. Later, when I cried for myself, I cried for her, too. She’s not on my coffee table any more, at least, but she’s hovering. She’s not overbearing about it; my guilt is. Meaning.…

  • Chickenshit

    he can’t let go either because he needs it as much as you do he’s just a bigger chickenshit than you I mean that as a compliment we’re all chickenshits at least you have the decency to admit it at least you can admit it he can’t let go because he knows he needs you…

  • Happy

    Warning: pathetic girl-talk ahead. I’m broken again and tired and waiting for a ding from my cell phone to validate my existence. The ding has come daily, but still I wait. This could be the day he doesn’t ding me. I think we can all agree the only thing worse than thinking you’ve lost interest…

  • Ways to Let Him* Know You Care

    *Him being a clueless male and not my faithful dear readers. Say okay to cuddling, as in his definition of cuddling, not yours. Say alright to things you’d rather not do. Send a defaced Hallmark card. (Specifically, if you are sending said card to a Straight Man, be sure to include “fuck”; otherwise, he will…

  • Love Story I

    You know how it goes girl meets boy boy games girl obsesses boy reschedules but calls everyday girl decides to let it go but is mindful girl is reunited with another guy who’s in Afghanistan girl contemplates sexy texts girl has no idea what text sex is boy who games asks girl out on another…

  • A Relationship Death Poem

    A Relationship Death Poem because in times of stress one has to fall back on what one knows and everyone could use a little death now and again. A Relationship Death Poem that’s not really a poem at all but an exercise in self-soothing behavior. A Relationship Death Poem because I like it dark and…

  • Soft: A Diagnosis

    Too available My diagnosis My judgment And then I saw him looking trendy and sweet ordering a burrito with guacamole and cheese. There was no air conditioning so we sweated it out while we relaxed in each other’s company. His hair looked soft as did his hands. And as it turned out soft is what…

  • Phrases Sure to Confuse The Straight Man

    “Don’t you think orphaned Asian children are the cutest things ever?” “I have been wanting to introduce you two for a while now. This is my lovechild, Bunny, who I share custody of with his other mother, Bryan.” [It’s the Other Mother part that is confusing, not the Honey-Bunny part.] “Do you ever have questions…