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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...
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🌸 blinded by brisket
penultimate track from "buttahbasted"
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🌸 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…
 • 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…
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🌸 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…
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🌸 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…
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🌸 seduced in condesa
In this place, her mellow music starts to work its magic. Her mosaic of maverick and melody appeals to the marrow in my bones. When the beat kicks, it…
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introducing—buttahbasted, the series
first drizzle of my written album for 2024 summer
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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…
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