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all he can gift me are things that have already been mine

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Dec 15, 2021
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Kelly responding to Larissa’s piece, ā€œHow to lose a guy that lives in your head & feeds your internalized misogyny in 10 daysā€

all he can give meĀ 
are things
thatĀ have already been mine
disguisedĀ 
as ā€œfree marketā€ treasures:
a Marc by Marc bag,
lost HitClips,
Claire’s earrings,
& roses, so many roses
plucked from my own gardenĀ 
returning them onlyĀ 
as bloodied-red stems
the pinkĀ detachment
of she/them’sĀ 
is eroticism isĀ 
Abercrombie-ripped-jeans-
Natick-Mall-guerilla-warfareĀ 
no doubt about it
how will I ever?
strip this suspicionĀ 
of strangers from my skin
applying endless layers
of MAC LipglassĀ 
to my mouth BBM-ing himĀ 
from the top of my lungsĀ 
to comeĀ 
with something novel this timeĀ 
or at least,
an Auntie Anne’s pretzelĀ 
with cheese, plz

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eliot
Jan 15, 2022

things already yours

so good

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