There is a fire
rising inside of me.
and I am doing my best
to stop it from burning the ones
I love.

  Y.Z   
She has a mouth like unswept glass—-when you least expect it she cuts you.

  Junot Diaz, “Otravida, Otravez  
I’m really afraid to feel happy because it never lasts.

   Andy Warhol   
I was brave, I resisted,
I set myself on fire.

   Louise Glück, from Stars   
Act my age?
What the fuck is that, “act my age”?
What do I care how old I am?
The Ocean is old as fuck.
It will still drown your ass with vigor.

  Stimie  
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