issue 4 (page 13)



mermaid
theres a mermaid doll in the shower
it's not mine it belongs to my roommate
but i hate dolls
because when i was a kid
my parents had this sculpture of jesus' face
and when i passed it i'd get scared
because he was making a weird face
like he was dying
or looking over his shoulder
or at an olive garden making weird faces
and ever since then i don't like things with eyes
i told you that i wanted to take it down
you said no because it is cute
then today while i was showering i swore it winked at me
i kept looking up at it
and it kept winking
but i think maybe it was just water falling into my eye
and was changing how i saw things
because that has been happening always
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johnny vulpine is an emo princess.  find him anywhere on the internet by typing in 'johnny vulpine'.  or, 'michelle branch' works too, we're told.


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