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The One
you’re not the one that got away drunk texts, glances and grins but never a date, never a kiss when all you had to do was lean just a few...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jun 6, 20241 min read


The Albatross
Let me hang heavily around your neck the albatross you shot with your cross bow let me sit with you and drag you down let me remind you...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 8, 20241 min read


The Bolter
In another life I dream of Idina of easy love and salacious scandals here we go again, I am Donna a fabulous aunt, single by choice But...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 7, 20241 min read


the smallest man who ever lived
all you held those seven weeks were my hand and my attention then it was all over like a dream now you are an embarrassing lore of the...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 3, 20241 min read


I can do it with a broken heart
To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to apply for the open position of being your full time lover with benefits I come with glowing and...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 2, 20241 min read


loml
I love watching documentaries about cults and recommending them to other people I love receiving flattering words that assure me that I...
Elizabeth Cotton
Mar 1, 20241 min read


Who’s Afraid of Little Old Me?
you fell down a rabbit hole and didn’t mean to but is there really a need to get your guards up after all, I’m just a girl; what could I...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 28, 20241 min read


Guilty as Sin?
You’ve barely been to church and lately, I have not either it’s stopped mattering as much just look at this fine weather But we still...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 27, 20241 min read


So Long, London
Once you were a daydream just out of reach— exciting, but familiar enough to be comfortable an idyllic wonderland only we know about But...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 23, 20241 min read


Down Bad
the lines I had to draw made a pentacle I cursed your name you called me a witch I was down bad as I had prophesied but not as down as...
Elizabeth Cotton
Feb 22, 20241 min read


What to Do When He Doesn’t Text Back (Drop Him)
Ladies, ladies, ladies. DON’T freak out, do NOT text again asking if he got your message if he is still mad at you for not going over the...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read


I noticed
I once dreamt that she was at a wedding saw how in love the bride and groom were and decided she was going to leave you right then and...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read


love letters
they say romance is dead but what is more romantic than staying up all night writing, in quick succession click click click, woosh, ding...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read


Shift
can you feel it the subtle shift in the bytes between us
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read


Electric Jungle
men put down their heights because apparently that matters for whatever crimes for which these ladies seek partners none of these kids...
Elizabeth Cotton
Jan 21, 20241 min read
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