“I can’t recall, I just woke up one day with this new empty.”
— Hanif Abdurraqib, “While Watching the Convenience Store Burn in Baltimore”
“Darling, this love will not cure me. This love will not scrape the blood from the baseboards, but it will turn all the lights on.”
“‘You are sin. You are sad because you are a sinner. You are a sinner because you are sad.’ I sin & misery wander into my home. I get saved & it never leaves.”
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