My Clavicle Romance

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The Proper Order of Operations
Calm down, not the math kind, but a vignette on how desire unfolds.
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Delayed Communion
A flirty Zumiez top, that woman at burlesque, and yearning for wholeness
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Thin Leash, Deep Craving
Just another suburban Saturday
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Baby, I'll Be Your Abeona, but I'm no Adiona
I'll get you on your journey, but I can't promise your safe return.
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Keep Me Taut, Delineated, “Particulated”
An early morning freewrite about waxing the goods
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Not Worthy: Two Plants, My Husband, and The First Woman
Plant (n.): a gift that will instill panic and lead to a lack of appreciation and death.
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Processing Love and Loss with Casey Kasem
How the radio host's "Long Distance Dedications" made me feel less alone
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NYT Modern Love Rejection #2: An Amateur Runner's Guide to Self-Therapy (or Running in the Dark)
My second attempt at the popular column about my adorable unraveling twice a week
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This Body Is Mine, Right?
A messy journal entry about body (and life) ownership as a creative.
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NYT Modern Love Rejection #1: Sexually Incompatible With My Soulmate of 20 Years
My first attempt at the popular column about us and how we got here
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Eric and Claire: A Complicated Remodel
A short scene from screenwriting class about conflict and desire
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Perforations
A flash piece about intentions and bodies, fragile as paper
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