"I was dizzy in love with the idea of love so much so I expec..." — Marisa Donnelly

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I was dizzy in love
with the idea of love
so much so
I expected boys
who were not men
to chase me
when what I really wanted
was to chase
everything that didn’t taste
like home.

— Marisa Donnelly

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