Eric LaRocca

Each precious thing I show you in this book is a holy relic from the night we both perished-the night when I combed you from my hair and watered the moon with your blood.



You've lost a lot of blood . . .

You've Lost a Lot of Blood

Gloria 💖

“For once, I’d like to see myself outside of myself. If that even makes sense. I’d like to crawl outside of my head and look back at all the horrible things I’ve become, the soulless spirit residing inside my shell.”

“In my thoughts, I would tell him: ‘you’ll find me tucked away in the blistered sinew of what was once healthy and pink, and now tender and black.’”

“Stuck in my mind. Like our brains are made of flypaper and our thoughts are little insects to be captured, caught, and killed.”

Scarly

There comes a point when you need to recognize the expiration date of a relationship.

I yearned for him to flower with cancer—a small ball made of beeswax claiming him and taking him from me. Unfortunately, that misfortune never came to him.

Of course, I don’t remember what happened. How could he even ask me that? It’s as if time had become soup for me. A liquid to pass through. Something for my bones to soak while I melt away.

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