heart like a canvas

leaving is not enough; you must
stay gone. train your heart
like a dog. change the locks
even on the house he’s never
visited. you lucky, lucky girl.
you have an apartment
just your size. a bathtub
full of tea. a heart the size
of Arizona, but not nearly
so arid. don’t wish away
your cracked past, your
crooked toes, your problems
are papier mache puppets
you made or bought because the vendor
at the market was so compelling you just
had to have them. you had to have him.
and you did. and now you pull down
the bridge between your houses,
you make him call before
he visits, you take a lover
for granted, you take
a lover who looks at you
like maybe you are magic. make
the first bottle you consume
in this place a relic. place it
on whatever altar you fashion
with a knife and five cranberries.
don’t lose too much weight.
stupid girls are always trying
to disappear as revenge. and you
are not stupid. you loved a man
with more hands than a parade
of beggars, and here you stand. heart
like a four-poster bed. heart like a canvas.
heart leaking something so strong
they can smell it in the street.
marty mcconnell

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6 months ago with 1196 notes — via observando

#i love elephants #elephants

animalstalkinginallcaps:

ANDREA, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

BEYONCÉ.

WHAT IS THAT?

BOY DON’T EVEN TOUCH THIS. BOY THIS BEAT IS CRAZY. THIS IS HOW THEY MADE ME, HOUSTON TEXAS BABY! WHO RUN THE WORLD? GIRLS! WHO RUN THE WORLD? GIRLS! 

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. IS IT A POKEMON OR SOMETHING? DON’T YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR OR A LAWYER?

IT’S HOT UP IN HERE! DJ DON’T BE SCARED TO RUN THIS, RUN THIS BACK! I’M REPPING FOR THE GIRLS TAKING OVER THE WORLD, LET ME RAISE A GLASS FOR THE COLLEGE GRADS!

THAT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. LET’S GO GET SOME ICE CREAM

6 months ago with 4046 notes — via animalstalkinginallcaps

#ELEPHANTS

morgue-legs:

[x]

7 months ago with 1117 notes — via morgue-legs

#FUCK YEAH #elephants

7 months ago with 2448 notes — via observando

#elephants #!!!

8 months ago with 356 notes — via observando

#elephants

8 months ago with 48328 notes — via fireflies-in-the-dark, © littlefindsforgot

#ZOMG #ELEPHANTS #AND CATS #ALL AT ONCE

Now I will always think of that my that little family when I see elephants.

Always, and every time.

9 months ago with 7670 notes — via socommayawn, © Flickr / clmommsen

#elephants #sticky #please let me come home

1 year ago with 414 notes — via observando

#elephants