the big ones

He licks his fingers before he dips them into me. My head tilts back, and he smiles knowing that he has control. I tell him I am a virgin. I tell every guy I sleep with that I am a virgin. He lifts me up and puts me on his twin XL bed. 

Scream at God and He Will Scream Back

My daughter’s nose is crooked, the stark roundness of it tilting to the right. It refuses to be lean, and small, and button, and pretty, and desirable (all things that don’t equal Jewish). 

How the Jewish Girl Learns to Hate Her Nose

kelly was born with the feeling that she would be the victim of a tragic and
bizarre accident she would later discover that this feeling is genetic

loose change

you ask me how many marbles i can fit in my mouth and before i can even respond you are
filling my mouth with marbles 

livvy jean

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