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[gushed]

My best friend from grade school became the leader of a cult for Christians with Acoustic Guitars. He & fifty others lived in tents on the outskirts of Texas till Nate began hoarding cult money for a getaway to Mexico, reasons unknown. He saved almost twenty-thousand dollars in a tattered copy of Pushkin’s poetry before his arrest. Everyone at home

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[abcdefwhy]

Cold Blooded Old Times

Unrest gets fat off my innards. Sits snug between some notch of intestines. Girl, you’ve got a lot of quit in you. I come shining, come as a punchline, long enough to observe person place thing. Initially, thought the problem stemmed from believing happiness loomed on some top shelf & all I needed was a stool. For years, I mistook friends & lovers as potential stools, but in the end, I only ever realized the exact extent of my flatness.

this is actually brilliant.

dear gushstuff,

[marjoram]

thank you for reading this at all.

it so long & uhh im pretty sure most didnt even click the cut.

it means a lot.

[paperhouse]

bravo, m'lady, bravo

[poemtree]

i want to print this out but i have no computer ink.

the whole thing is brilliant.

[marjoram]

thank you, lindsey.

can i call you that?

p.s. this story almost caused me to fail my fiction class. teacher was adamant about removing the entire first page.

[lifeincongruous]

where did the teacher want to cut it?

[suckandpuff]

teach wanted to me to lop the first half. skip the bibles & blowjobs, head straight towards saddycore.

but! the intro sets the tone.

(did you like this one? or think i should've cut it? i dunno, this is the only piece i like. probably because its almost straight autobiographical straight done to the money-hoarding grade school bff)

[tastyanagram]

I love the last sentence. You have talent. (Duh, but.)

[marjoram]

thank you.

its amazing to me to go back & read it cause like i guess i felt really fucking distanced at the time.

[marjoram]

also cuz i realized you have a lot of the journals added & i dont know you, im elizabeth. hi hi.