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He spoke to me in broken English, I to him in stuttered Spanish, when we spoonedhis body was too long next to mine, our bodies, like our languagesnever did perfectly align.When he…
She asks me,isn’t heeverything you wanted doesn’t he feellike coming home? I say, Have you ever stayed awake so longthat your mind forgot to fall into a slumbereven when your body found…
Maybe our minds have been lying to us. Maybe the other shoe isn’t going to drop. Maybe the worst-case scenario isn’t barreling towards us. Maybe everything we have doesn’t need to be…
Imagine having an overactive fight-or-flight response. Imagine your body being braced for disaster. Imagine staying awake all night at sleepovers as a child because every time the house creaked or the water…
Almost every decision we make is geared towards an end goal. Getting that promotion. Embarking on that adventure. Securing that dream person or job or apartment. Everything we do slants toward an…
It’s because you are real. Because I can reach out my hands and touch your skin and I don’t have to imagine — the way your eyes might light up when you…
A lovestruck New Yorker pens a charming breakup letter to their beloved salad chain Sweetgreen before moving to Toronto.
I used to firmly believe that it was never too late to start over. At the age of eighteen I printed out the quote “It is never too late to be what…
Take a chance on me. I know those words are wrought with uncertainty. I know you’ve taken chances before and they have flopped and floundered and left you high and dry. I…