Anagrams; involuntary punning; metaphysical conceits;
seeing all your friends at once; fistfuls of dirt;
farmer’s markets selling hot heartbreak.
Carnal knowledge; biting (consensual);
Stage diving; helping a stranger; road movies;
stick-and-pokes; pedal steel guitar; Eileen Myles;
tombstone rubbings; eternal recurrence.
Carnal knowledge; biting (consensual);
the first Vampire Weekend album; self-mythology;
books that open with the word “fuck”; the best revenge.
“Why I’m Leaving New York” essays;
the last Vampire Weekend album; self-referentiality;
holding on loosely but not letting go.