Vasically yours

Each day, small things went missing. The #vase on the desk, the Russian dolls, fake ferns.

Lynn’s partner said it wasn’t worth calling the cops. She said nothing. The game had begun.

Those items had been gifts from her ex. One day he’d come for her and she’d gladly go. #vss365

Worship

I never consented to being a #second goddess, a fifth. An also ran in the race for your love. An option for those nights when none of the others would give you time of day.

If it worked for Yahweh, it’ll work for me.

Goodbye, good riddance.

#vss365

Makeover

See these Yeezy’s? 400 a pop. Paid for by drug money. If anyone should’ve gotten raped.. killed, should’ve been me. Not my rule-follower bleeding-heart sister.

Tell me again God is kind, loving, in his #frame work it is ALL good.. so I can give your face a makeover too. #vss365

Thor

"You thought you were getting Thor on your side. Instead you got a #thorn. He's a bully."

-Sometimes. He's hurting.-

"Toss him out."

It sounded easy in theory. You could tease out surface thorns. But what to do with burrs that wedged themselves deep under your skin? #vss365

Sanity

‪Don’t you see, anointing you The One was the best way they #sabotaged your sanity? Suddenly the world’s problems were yours and they sat watching you zoom around saving the world, waiting for you to implode on the weight of everyone else’s burdens. #vss365‬

Shadows on the Wall

Look! I’m BIG.

- The candle #magnifies you.

What’s that mean?

- You have a tiny candle and a small you. The wall’s far away so the shadow looks huge.

I love candles. It’s mommy’s last candle?

- Yeah, last one she made.

Will she come back dad?

- Don’t know son. #vss365

Romancing the writer

My #pseudonym and I are currently at cross purposes. I think the hot Russian model I chose to be her face put her on top of bestseller lists. I’m accused of plagiarism.

Then there are super fans who think we should get together because we sound so similar on the page. #vss365

The other side

Lying beneath a starlit sky. #Awe, oneness with the universe - I’ve experienced that. Not my place to comprehend why this happens.

One day, I want the veil to fall and see what’s on the other side. Or to discover there was no other side to begin with.

#vss365

Ask me no questions

You can read my stories on one condition. No #questions. No ‘Is this autobiographical? Who? Do I know them?’ Etcetera.

- Relax. Literally no one cares.

Unless I take you the point where you do.

- So you want me to? Care enough to ask?

I said no questions.

A Bad Bangin'

Gerry was in the mood for some NSA fun, so he posted on Craigslist personals.

The cops came a-bangin' on his doors, asking to inspect his home, or else.

Instead of '#craving a warm body tonight', he'd said 'carving a warm body tonight'. #vss365

Lint

‪You’re the only collector of #pocket lint I’ve known. You snipped out the pockets of every one of my pants the day you left.

I get it, girl. No pockets, no lint, no collectors. That lint jar still sits in my study. One woman’s trash, no one’s treasure. #vss 365‬