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Sam
“I stayed the night,
finished myself off
in the bathroom
while she fell asleep
then woke her up to say
goodbye. I took some time.”

Devon
“It was the third night
going out. Drinking, right? Well, I had forgotten to shower and I was going over
to his place and realized,
and it was the perfect
time to realize,
realized I stank. I told him
I’d be over soon so I took
a handful of paper towels
and wiped down my… well,
wiped down my genitals.”

Alex
“I slept until five. My fiancé
kept talking about the rites
our rabbi would perform
and I - I mean, you know… that would be fine. All of it
is fine but just a little tedious. Can’t we get married
in a field and hold hands
when everyone leaves? What’s with all the other shit?”

Joseph
“I stole some of my neighbor’s
wine when she came over
for a housewarming party. I didn’t siphon it off or
secretly pour a glass, I just
chugged half of it then that did it. I was gone.”

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middle class Christian guilt
eating up my insides
until I bend over
ask a pastor to bless me
vomit all over his shoes