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made to please

he tells her that her body is too heavy to hold and her hunger insatiable. her craving reminds him of a starved animal perhaps his past loving was lighter; to love her is to love a whole world. he is unaccustomed to this darkness his tongue can taste miracles inside her deep collarbone but heContinue reading “made to please”

Pavel

You’ve named me, months before my birth. I was first a thought, before your thought metamorphosed into a seed, sprouting. You named me Pavel, a boy’s name that you practiced calling, a name your lips would form with pride and anticipation. Pavel. I came to you as a disappointment at first. You prayed so longContinue reading “Pavel”