We can do anything. It’s not because our hearts are large, they’re not, it’s what we struggle with. The attempt to say Come over. Bring your friends. It’s a potluck, I’m making pork chops, I’m making those long noodles you love so much.
Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happ… - Richard Siken
Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happ…
- Richard Siken
Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there? The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube? - Richard Siken
Is that too much to expect? That I would name the stars for you? That I would take you there? The splash of my tongue melting you like a sugar cube?
You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back. - Richard Siken
You see, I take the parts that I remember and stitch them back together to make a creature that will do what I say or love me back.
Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them. - Richard Siken
Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the other side of them.
Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, multi-vocal… - Richard Siken
Let me tell you what I do know: I am more than one thing, and not all of those things are good. The truth is complicated. It’s two-toned, multi-vocal…
I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly. - Richard Siken
I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly.
When you have nothing to say, set something on fire. - Richard Siken
When you have nothing to say, set something on fire.
Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it? - Richard Siken
Do we simply stare at what is horrible and forgive it?
You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have. - Richard Siken
You play along, because you want to die for love, you always have.
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