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How is it possible to have another body on your skin and still feel bones alone?

Jul 2, 2025 • Zachary Hourihane

I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be

Ordinarily, you feel far away from that boy staring at his feet. Did you consider the pain of losing touch with him entirely?

Aug 20, 2024 • Zachary Hourihane

The Bug in My Shoe

“I am worthless. Completely undeserving of life. I want to become a bug and live in your shoe. I need to get stomped on and obliterated.”

Jun 10, 2024 • Zachary Hourihane

Bless the telephone

I cry for the snails I murdered, for the version of me that needed to kill, for the part of me that still wants to.

Apr 15, 2024 • Zachary Hourihane

Avril Lavigne’s Suburbaphobia

The mother fucking princess circles back

Feb 8, 2024 • Zachary Hourihane

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