"the last time i saw you was in the steam of your coffee.
you were a whispered threat across the plastic table,
a molecular-level scream."

Atomic Theory

"Wainwright’s breaths sound like he’s drawing air through his teeth in brief snatches of pain, which is what this memory provokes for the narrator – momentary, almost-pleasurable, stinging reminders of what’s forever lost."

Bethan recommends “The Art Teacher” by Rufus Wainwright

"you watch the smoke on the edge of the sky
as you close one eye to see it better, 
straining on tiptoes.
the clouds billow into familiarity.

these are days of bleeding grazes, days of salt."

Perth, W.A.

"How could I know what it would be like to take “a drive into the sprawl, through these towns they built to change” until I returned to Texas at age 18, putting my head once more into the jaws of the suburban beast?"

Arcade Fire's The Suburbs: A View from the Other Side

""They have parachuters as part of the parade?" I'm not sure I was surprised; this is the land of excess."

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