#word-junkies

"Sure, I had hopes and dreams before working at @McDonalds. I used to want to be a dancer and a gardener and grow movement on a farm in Iowa."

"I'm sober. Yessiree, I quit drinking. I haven't had a beer in four hours. Now I just need some coffee and to get drunk on love poetry."

"People tell me I look like my father. I've never seen my dad, so does that mean I look invisible?"

"Mainstream news wants to keep you as a useful idiot. Instead, try being a non-useful idiot."

"The word long is short, and so is the word short, but why is the word love as long as long? Shouldn’t it be longer?"

"Her and I, we passed each other, and now she’s in my past. That’s one present I’d like to unwrap in the future."

"She moves through my memory the way the gentle river waves turn the setting sun's rays into a nostalgic light show."

"Glue holds stuff together pretty well. But why not try using guitar music as an adhesive? After all, it’s held many bands together."

"My acquaintances aren’t worth the aqua I drink after they leave me thirsting for something more meaningful. I don’t want refillable relationships—I want connections so deep they are black abysses."

"Every night I sleep like a log. In a lit fireplace. If you bring the marshmallows, I’ll bring the burning desire for you."

"I just developed a gun that shoots mustaches. Sometimes a disguise can be deadly, especially if it’s your love you’re trying to camouflage."

"My hands will get dirty holding your rose-shaped heart, because love is like gardening—it’s earthy and takes work to keep it alive."

"I’ll cut jewels in the shape of crumpled-up pieces of paper. Her wedding ring may look like my 33rd attempt at my marriage vows."

"The summer temperature outside was 45 degrees, so I turned 45 degrees and went right back inside. It was so cold outside because that’s where all her love for me was."

"Dogs have four legs, just like chairs. I would take mine for a walk, but I’m sitting on it."

"She was a tall drink of water from Tallahassee, and I was an instant-coffee kind of lover. I got her so hot that neither one of could go to sleep until the ambulance finally came to a complete stop."

"In high school I used to write my love notes backwards, so she'd have to flip the paper upside-down to read it. Either that or read it in a mirror, so she can see herself as I see her, and see why I admire her."

"I love sleepwalking, because when else would I get to combine exercise and rest?"

"One butterfly wing reflected wholly in a mirror won’t give flight. Let this be a lesson in love."

"Ink is drinkable and printable. The words “I love you” don’t take up much space, but they can quench your thirst forever."