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i cannot get the images out of my head, this book will change you, slowly but surely.

it’s beautiful and that’s part of the horror, it remains beautiful despite it all.

despite the rawness of a mother who i think i will have forever in my memory now

i’ve not given birth, but it’s my current thinking this book will stay with me occasionally rearing it’s head but mostly asleep until the time comes.

i imagine i’ll remember the stories differently and when i go back to read them the memories and stories have taken on entirely different lives, some things the same but unique creatures.

it should not be denied or omitted that these stories are strange, as that is their honesty.

i loved the letters to poppy, written next to her.

a father paying an 8 year old 5 dollars to tell him everything about what its like to be an 8 year old

i think i’ll feel or imagine feeling what hazel felt, her creations.

i'll wonder about his chest of drawers.

and the boy dressing for a funeral he wasn't invited to.

i hope to be like alice. floating and loved in the dark sea.