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Small miracles

June 6, 2018June 5, 2018 Christina Strigas

Take your fistful of misery hypnotize the crowd with your fake smoke half-truths lava tears poetic disputes pose on your marble staircase retell your old story bore us with news talks and deaths of all the things we don’t care about. People like you make being alone a blessing. Photo Read more

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The Day After

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 Christina Strigas

The sun is in my hair it feels gothic to send black hearts yet truthful. You have gone blocked the rain from touching my skin. You came and went in this caffeine rush not reading the menu nor my frazzled mind. All these nonsensical words lined up in disarray for Read more

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On Being Starstruck

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Christina Strigas

So you want to be a poet you think you can punch in and out So you want to be famous wear Gucci and parade across catwalks with a book of poetry in one hand list of writers you have never read in another. So you want to be beautiful Read more

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The Glory

April 30, 2018October 15, 2018 Christina Strigas

People keep lies in their pockets like bubble gum packs. I tell a lie and my heart pounds, my nose grows I need to get spanked. I can lie like a jazz singer, it’s the 1920’s, sliding in humid Chicago bars. I am a little girl, wonderfully scared of consequences. Read more

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Tears

April 8, 2018October 15, 2018 Christina Strigas

I thought when you lost your job you would need me more but your weakness divided us; your travels stopped those visits ceased to exist. I think too much of how your body on mine was a missing puzzle piece you could not throw away. One afternoon or one lifetime Read more

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Things that are Unbelievable

March 20, 2018October 15, 2018 Christina Strigas

I know that songs can erupt into moments. you do not need to dare me I will do mostly anything you want for me to be your naughty girl good girl any type you want. I could transform into diverse beings, you would think I haunted your mind I can Read more

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The day before my birthday

January 8, 2018October 13, 2018 Christina Strigas

I cried most of the morning, stopping the voices. I wanted to kill you, but I married you instead. I had so much hope, yet I knew it was as useless as loving without receiving. I stabbed you, but you did not bleed. You tasted like salty jokes, eternal nightmares, Read more

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Make it Stop

December 19, 2017October 13, 2018 Christina Strigas

The words are peeking in at the oddest times they want to say so much but I shelter them from eyes. I need to protect their vulnerability they need me too much now rely on me like a child. I want to make it stop during these moments I want Read more

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