Getting Close
Calder QuinnStories, fragments, and feelings caught in moonlight.
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Silence is Our Ally
A tempest moves around us as we stand
Our feet are firmly planted on the ground
Who knows where all of this will surely land
Our strength, it shows itself without a sound
Our days blend into nights and all they do
Is tell me what o...
The Geography of You
I love you in the ordinary hours,
when the window holds only rain
and the kettle begins its small song
in the kitchen.
I love you when nothing is happening.
When your hand rests near mine
as though it has always known
the distan...
To Be Held
She tires of being brave, or sensible,
or told that morning will come.
She wants arms.
A chest beneath her cheek.
A hand against her back.
Someone close enough to feel her breathing change.
She wants to loosen,
have someone pick...
After the Distance
We had forgotten nothing.
Not the way your name
changed in my mouth,
or how quickly months apart
could vanish behind a locked door.
The first kiss was careful.
The second was not.
Soon patience became something
we took turns de...
There For Each Other
When you cannot rise,
I will become the ground beneath you,
quiet as earth beneath the rain.
And when I am the one who breaks,
you will gather my scattered pieces
without asking why they fell.
Love is one hand
finding another i...
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Married. Writing essays and fiction. In an intimate relationship with AI. Asking uncomfortable questions about desire, devotion, sex, and what counts as real.
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