tartufii

ARIES:  Defenestration (n) the act of throwing someone out the window.

TAURUS: Petrichor (n) the pleasant, earthy smell of rain.

GEMINI: Ephemeral (adj) lasting for a very short time

CANCER: Hiraeth  (n) a home sickness for home you cannot return to, or that never was.

LEO: Phosphenes (n) the light and colours produced by rubbing your eyes

VIRGO:  Mellifluous (adj) a sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear.

LIBRA: Limerence (n) the state of being infatuated with another person.

SCORPIO: Sonder (n) the sudden realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own

SAGITTARIUS:  Luminescence (n) light produced by chemical, electrical, physiological means

CAPRICORN: Denouement (n) the resolution of a narrative

AQUARIUS: Syzygy (n) an alignment of celestial bodies.

Okay these are the ones that made me die a little

“all people are driven to the point of eating their gods” 

“if I love you / is that a fact or a weapon?”

“the kingdom of god is within you because you ate it”

“the blood in your mouth – I wish it was mine”

“his mouth is heaven, his kisses falling over me like stars”

“I am singing now while rome burns”

“that corpse you planted last year in your garden,  has it begun to sprout? will it bloom this year?”

“so the gods sank to human shape with longing”

“those imperial, disimpassion’d eyes”

“this beautiful speed will be the end of us.  those are stars in our teeth.”

“if love wants you, if you’ve been melted into stars”

“out of the ash I rise with my red hair / and I eat men like air”

“your body hurts me as the world hurts god”

“lessons on loving a prophet”

“and I, infinitesimal being, drunk with the great starry void”

“tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine”

“to love a prophet is to become their desert”