richard siken sentence starters.
quotes are all taken from various poems out of richard sikenβs poetry book crush.Β feel free to change pronouns/etc if needed.
β Β tell me how all this, and love too, will ruin us. Β β
β Β tell me weβll never get used to it. Β β
β Β there are so many things iβm not allowed to tell you. Β β
β Β i swallow your heart and it crawls right out of my mouth. Β β
β Β i want it back now, baby. i want it back. Β β
β Β iβm sorry. we know how it works. the world is no longer mysterious. Β β
β Β thatβs a nice touch. Β β
β Β i like him and i want to be like him. Β β
β Β iβm sure you remember, i was on the phone with you, sweetheart. Β β
β Β history repeats itself. Β β
β Β there are many names in history, but none of them are ours. Β β
β Β you could drown in those eyes. Β β
β Β but damn if there isnβt anything sexier than a slender boy with a handgun, a fast car, a bottle of pills. Β β
β Β sorry about the blood in your mouth. i wish it was mine. Β β
β Β i couldnβt get the boy to kill me, but i wore his jacket for the longest time. Β β
β Β you wanted happiness, i canβt blame you for that, and maybe a mouth sounds idiotic when it blathers on about joy but tell me you love this, tell me youβre not miserable. Β β
β Β there is no way to make this story interesting. Β β
β Β i want to tell you this story without having to confess anything, without having to say that i ran out into the street to prove something. Β β
β Β tell me weβre dead and iβll love you even more. Β β
β Β you will be alone always and then you will die. Β β
β Β iβm sorry i came to your party and seduced you and left you bruised and ruined, you poor sad thing. Β β
β Β who am i? iβm just a writer. i write things down. Β β
β Β i take it back. Β β
β Β here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed. Β β
β Β you still get to be the hero. Β β
β Β what more do you want? Β β
β Β love, for you, is larger than the usual romantic love. itβs like a religion. itβs terrifying. Β β
β Β no one will ever want to sleep with you. Β β
β Β you know that recently we have had our difficulties and there are many things i want to ask you. Β β
β Β you had not expected this. Β β
β Β walk a mile in my shoes. Β β
β Β a man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river but then heβs still left with the river. Β β
β Β you are weak and hollow and it doesnβt matter anymore. Β β
β Β hush, my sweet. these tornadoes are for you. Β β
β Β that sounds overly valorous. Β β
β Β do you love yourself? Β β
β Β i donβt have to answer that. Β β
β Β you wanted more. Β β
β Β i had a dream about you. Β β
β Β thereβs nowhere to go. thereβs nowhere to go. Β β
β Β in these dreams itβs always you: the boy in the sweatshirt, the boy on the bridge, the boy who always keeps me from jumping off the bridge. Β β
β Β will you love me even more when iβm dead? Β β
β Β you didnβt show up. i kept waiting. Β β
β Β i swallowed crushed ice pretending it was glass and youβre dead. Β β
β Β i donβt really blame you for being dead but you canβt have your sweater back.Β β
β Β you can sleep now, you said. you can sleep now. you said that. i had a dream where you said that. thanks for saying that. you werenβt supposed to. Β β
β Β hello darling, welcome home. Β β
β Β please keep him safe. Β β
β Β i just donβt want to die anymore. Β β
β Β you want to die for love, you always have. Β β
β Β you didnβt think youβd feel this way. Β β
β Β you saved my life. i owe you, i owe you everything. Β β
β Β please, just for one night, will you lie down next to me, we can leave our clothes on, we can stay all buttoned up. Β β
β Β youβre all i ever wanted and worth dying for, too. Β β
β Β drive into that tree, drive off the embankment. ______, make something happen. Β β
β Β we are not dirty. Β β
β Β you keep singing along to that song i hate. stop singing. Β β
β Β here is the sink to wash away the blood. Β β
β Β this is not harmless. you are not breathing. Β β
β Β i will come back from the dead for you. Β β