Cali Loria
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Over punctuating, under delivering.
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Sensational: (of an account or a publication) presenting information intending to provoke public interest and excitement at the expense of accuracy.
Sight: pull the wool over one's eyes 1) In darkness, you swept me, through scratchy holes I saw, a piecemeal sight; I grew too full, too fast, so you must shear me, cut like a caul, the casualty is being clothed but naked, still.
By Cali Loria2 years ago in Poets
The Last Taxidermist's Lovely Young Wife
In White Bear Lake, we rode a tandem bike. I pretended to know how. When we crashed into the bookstore, he went inside and bought me a stuffed polar bear. For our anniversary, he presented me with a taxidermied version. It was a mouse, white as a ghost.
By Cali Loria2 years ago in Fiction
so pretty to think. Top Story - February 2024.
ORIGIN STORY Hallmark once told my parents, concerning their love story, that it was "incredible, but not enough conflict" to be made into a movie. From birth, I was certain soul mates existed, that they found their way to you with the same pristine ethos as a stork delivering a baby in a crystal sky. When I asked my Mother about sex in 5th grade, she handed me a bodice-ripping romance novel and said, "Here, read this." I didn't stand a chance.
By Cali Loria2 years ago in Humans
The Emotional Intelligence of Snowflakes
My Mother told me I was a reflection of the internal order of things, which made me unique. She said my molecules were aligned to maximize my bonds' attracted forces and minimize the repulsive ones. It sounds like something a makeup ad would say, and I don't trust her.
By Cali Loria2 years ago in Fiction
