goslings
picture by christina tsui
for frances dinger
The way she approaches him makes him feel she has been thinking about approaching him, and he feels about five years old, because she leans in, that’s great. It’s about making someone feel private, she says, making an effort to converse. The word converse makes her lips bigger [...]
commando
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But in doing so
you cross an
invisible
border line, like imagining
violins soft strings the score
of the film you’re in
riding up escalators
the same posture
stony with a breeze
and camera
pretending no one
sees you.
like monologues
talking to yourself
ten hour shifts
standing up to sit
back down
and maybe
I can check the back for you.
Let me just get my manager.
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Debasing:
both of their expressions
glaze over
as eyes do
when [...]
