Category: Collections
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Rubatosis
The unsettling awareness of your heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous ditty your heart is tapping to itself (n) “Parker, it’s your turn,” Parker looks up from her phone to the empty beer bottle in the cleared-out space in front of her. She looks to her left finding…
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Redamancy
The act of loving the one who loves you; the love returned in full (n) Ivy slings her purse off her shoulder before collapsing on the couch. Fae bounces with the shifting weight of the cushions. She turns her head towards Ivy, eyes still glued to the words her fingers are typing. She peels her…
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Kontal-Kontil
The swinging of long earrings or the swinging of a dress as one walks (n) The sun beats hot on the back of Cosima’s neck. They pull up the collar of their short sleeve button down to cover the exposed skin. They glance next to them at their friend. The left side of Nico’s neon…
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Tarantism
The uncontrollable urge to dance (n) “Taste,” Nora says, holding the spatula towards Melody. Melody grabs Nora’s hand to bring the spatula closer to her mouth. She licks the cookie dough off the side. Her head tilts. She licks the other side. “You’re joking, right?” Nora turns her attention fully towards Melody. “What are you…
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Opia
The ambiguous intensity from looking someone in the eye (n) “Have you seen that couple TikTok trend from a while ago?” Noor asks Cameron from the couch. Cameron rounds the side by her feet with a plate of skewered fruit. He sets it down on the coffee table next to the bowl of mostly burned…
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