Author: Austin
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Love and Complexity
There seems to be so much complication surrounding love. Being honest, it’s probably for the better that love is mired in complexity rather than being straight forward. I can’t help but imagine Elaine from Seinfeld when I think about love and its layers. I imagine her exclaiming something like, “ LoVe! Get out, I’m not…
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Limerence
An aching thumping rattle Longing, wanting, needing Stomach in Knots tied till threads rip A soul mate, loveless for any other Two souls to be made whole Yet Soul mate lost but never found A surrogate made and mutilated Real feelings dashed for fiction Illusion smashed, hollowed heart Surrogate lost, soul mate shattered Manifested for…
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My sister’s boyfriend
Now with a title like “my sister’s boyfriend” you might be thinking that this is about, well, my sister’s boyfriend. No, this is about me, the boyfriend of the sister. I never thought much about this role I played; well at least in the moment. It wasn’t until today that a collection of thoughts brought…
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Rewriting an old excerpt.
The old: Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeee. My ears dampened and deaf with the sound of nothingness amplified tenfold. chest pounding, drenched in sweat. Legs trembling, feet iced over. Face warm, hot flushed and worried.Stomach twisted and tied in knots, though the pain might have one seem that it’s somehow torn itself in two. Hands trembling, chilled to the…
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Moving boxes
I’ve wanted to move from AZ for a while now. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great place if you’re near the big city. That being said, I am not. So it’s difficult being here, on the frontier. Even if it wasn’t the distance to anything fun that was the issue, this last year has…
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Monster
I wanted to write to you about Crimson. Specifically because today is the day after her day of passing; the first year. In writing, I began to spin off to my other dog Riley. Though not my intentions, I feel that it would be a better moment to share with you Riley. He needs some…
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Where am I going? This question has always plagued me. “What do you want to be when you grow up?If you had a million dollars what would you do?” they’re all the same. Frankly, I have no idea where i’m going. My general plan in life is college; that’s it. In 2018 there was no…
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