forevercul:

lifeinpoetry:

Hypochondria has never really forgiven Zeus for not asking her to help make language for the humans. There are too few words for “stop,” she thinks. People need at least one for when it’s playful, one for when it prevents pain.

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Emily Paige Wilson, from “Hypochondria, Least Powerful of the Greek Gods (iii),” published in The Cortland Review

i want the earth to swallow me

bubblegum-pwussay:

Where do men learn to be manipulative so young like they’ll be in 8th grade and already half psychopaths.