OFFLINE WITH BUTTAHBASTED

what does a book tasting smell like?

Does it reek of rivers of nerves, the cold shivers from my sweaty palm leaking into the microphone? Or...

Dec 12, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

1:02

🌸 blinded by brisket

penultimate track from "buttahbasted"

Aug 16, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

6:51

🌸 a brunch to cry for

I wanted to thrust my fingers into that cavity between my throat and nose and itch away. But that border is blocked. (For good reason, I imagine). So I…

Aug 2, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

🌸 sight for sore lies

Do you remember the last time one of your senses betrayed you? Your eyes, those squishy face-eggs lured you down a path that left you lost? One minute…

Jul 17, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

🌸 salted serenade

"YOU HAVE TO MOVE HERE. It's the best city in the world." I don't remember who said these words to me. Was it the dancefloor brunette with the flower…

Jun 27, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

🌸 catfished by scampi

Crunch and crisp catapult you to cloud nine. You become giddy and woozy in a near-drunken appreciation of the physical sensations — the seductive wisps…

May 31, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

🌸 seduced in condesa

buttahbasted: act one

May 23, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

introducing—buttahbasted, the series

May 16, 2024 • Tobi Ogunnaike

I don't know where home is

My autocorrect is trapped in a bloody battle between warring worlds. When I text on my phone, Colonel Spellcheck searches through my words looking for…

Nov 29, 2023 • Tobi Ogunnaike

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