It started out wrong with the ring. Wrong, I mean, from everyone else’s perspective. They would have said, you should not be the one buying this, Kat, and if I was, it shouldn’t be a Ring Pop. Cherry. I remembered you saying once – just once –
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Ring Pop (v.1).
June 27, 2008
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Triangle (v.1).
June 26, 2008
Acute.
In my notebook, during class, I drew the curve of her back. I bit my tongue as I drew it and nearly choked; then quickly, I turned the page. Back to my notes. In the margins, I doodled and sketched a bunch of lines that didn’t matter, hoping in the crowd of images I might [...]
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Covenant (v.1).
June 20, 2008
The sudden knock at my front door startles me more than the stranger waiting on the porch to speak with me. He’s a tall man, but by that I only (really) mean taller than me, which doesn’t say much, I’ll admit. His dark hair is neatly parted and well-matched to his black suit, which looks [...]
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Protected: Invitation (v.1).
September 1, 2007
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