Jake Woodard

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“Butterflies and Cutting Knives” by Jake Woodard

Submitted to Contest #29

This doesn’t feel right. It feels kind of like I expected, but that doesn’t make it any easier to manage. Are those wings or razor blades in my stomach? Do I look like I’m conscious in the moment, or do I look like the emotions I’m holding? I don’t know, all I can tell is that Jessica Fleetwood is sitting slightly hunched over in front of me, on my parents’ living room couch, eyes and nose slightly scrunched in a gut-wrenchingly cute way as she puts the finishing touches on our chemistry project.”Which is more important to the brain, dopamin...

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Absurdist with a lot of faith in The Most High. Poet and absolutely sure of it. Waking, walking love.