#ugliness

— Moshtari Hilal, from "Dying Prayer," Ugliness, tr. Elisabeth Lauffer

Janet Fitch, White Oleander // Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye // Gail Carson Levine, "Fairest" // Anne Sexton, A Self-Portrait in Letters // Hieu Minh Nguyen, "Pig" // Valentina-Remenar on DeviantArt // Ashe Vernon, Not A Girl

Laurentino area of Rome. Olympus 35LC on Rollei IR400 black and white film.

Dear Young Americans. All of these men and women served honorably while in office. They acted like Presidents & First Ladies. They were imperfect. They erred. But they never tried to divide us or make us turn on one another. What you see in the Presidency now is NOT NORMAL. And we apologize to you that for the past ten years of Trump, all you know is chaos, division, cynicism, violence, and ugliness. We will do better. We will have great and good leaders again. #Obamapresidentialcenter

True Crime (1996) dir. Pat Verducci