“The Lie of Unfair Life I guess the grand lie is that the world has to be grim. Toughen up, kid, that’s just the way it is. The lie told when boys push other boys on the playground (because boys… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“Homesickness Standing under a million stars screaming up at them, PLEASE JUST TAKE ME HOME, with a voice rusty like the underside of boats, feeling it scratch at a throat like swallowed fish-bones. Making petitions to get the universe to care more, signing our names on any scrap of paper passed along like a single name could change the whole… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share
“My keys press purple shapes into my hands and I whisper, It will not be me, not tonight. Am I stating or am I… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“Weights He buys me a ring with, you are the only thing I am living for, engraved along the edge and when I slip it on that expectation burns me. I feel it branding my skin. I can’t sleep for the fire of those words against my finger. My hand gets so heavy I can’t lift it to his face… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share
“Space Race Wanting the sky, wanting the horizon, wanting to travel further than anyone has ever gone. There were days when nobody knew what… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“You The lines of your neck. The slope down to your shoulders. The unsteady blue welt of veins at your wrists, a sluggish estuary… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“I mean to say you're unbearable but I'd suffer more than this to stay close.” — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“When they come for you you will know it is because you have made them afraid.” — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“(That girl on the news never invited that man to touch her. All I can think about is how I wish she had had… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“Unpassable Exam Choose one question to answer: WHAT IS MY WORTH? a) the span between your thighs b) a list of letters on an… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“The Lie of Unfair Life I guess the grand lie is that the world has to be grim. Toughen up, kid, that’s just the… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
“You think Achilles was of impressive descent? Touch me one more time. Maybe it’s time we found out what the daughter of the mightiest… — Elisabeth Hewer Copy Share Image
