MIDDLE FINGERS UP
IF YOU DON’T GIVE A
*whispers quietly so my parents can’t hear me* frick
*POLICE SIRENS*
*HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING*
[gavin screaming]
who the fuck is Gavin
i don’t know but he seems pretty upset
kt • 22 • she/any
MIDDLE FINGERS UP
IF YOU DON’T GIVE A
*whispers quietly so my parents can’t hear me* frick
*POLICE SIRENS*
*HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING*
[gavin screaming]
who the fuck is Gavin
i don’t know but he seems pretty upset
Where I come from, we don’t worry about these fruity-tuity California style buds. Okay? I’m from Scranton. What i’m smoking is dirt. So lets get that straight jack. Pure brick. Ass. Okay? America- Americans are wanting to smoke that dirt, okay? You go up to someone and say, hey, I’m gonna give you a big bag of this heady bud, but I’m taking your stash of mids, they’re gonna say C’mon man! get out of here! *audience cheers* that’s right. that’s right. Get the hell out of here! We like stems! We like seeds! Where I come from.
Keke Palmer photographed by Lea Winkler for Glamour (2022)
Susan Sontag, from “The Dummy”, featured in I, Etcetera: Stories
okay i was thinking about this the other day. rb with whether you say asphalt, pavement, blacktop, tarmac, or something else, and which of these words have/haven’t you heard of
so far there have been several kinds of people
sometimes i worry community wont hit the same the 15th time around but it truly never fails