Laurie Anderson

because I don’t need a muffin (410), I don’t want an orange (75) or toast (87), and waffles (180) make me gag.

There is no safer. There’s not even safe, never has been.

Cassie thought heaven was a fairy tale for stupid people. How can you find a place you don’t believe in? You can’t. So where does she go now? What if she comes back, eyes on angryfire?

I roll up the window.

I wish I had cancer.

I will burn in hell for that, but it’s true.

I understood what triggered her earthquakes

She turned my summer into a desert wasteland

“I miss you. Miss you.”

The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, by Charles Perrault, 1696

Did I eat breakfast? Of course not. Did I eat dinner the night before, or lunch, or anything?

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