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Tag: Eileen Myles

August 3, 2020

“My family was like living with cruel cats. Someone would turn as you entered a room. Oh it’s you. So I waited for the night when I could be by myself and work.”

-Eileen Myles

January 1, 2016

“Well why did you come over. I invited you to my home. He looked me straight in the face. We paused for a moment like animals who hear a loud bang. I’ll let you out, he said.”

-Eileen Myles