amelie

13. stacy when stacy fell pregnant all those years ago she didn’t run from home she was 16 and unsure of where she could go her dad was a sick ...

12. Xenia, Ohio. Wake me up when it’s all over. i want to float up in a tornado of dirt and dust and teeth. i want to cling to a ...

11. Daniel (Gustavo) Requiem for a bank robber, Quick-witted story-teller Stoked to watch the world burn Listen to his stomach churn If you call his name, his head turns Quick ...

10. You look at me laughing With liquid in your mouth. Material look in your eyes, Pointless as a pellegrino water. The first aid kit just doesn’t cut it for ...

9. euthanasia for the elderly i remember the night i snuck into your bed resting my head on your arm, saying how i was going to die young at the ...

8. “limits” i want it bad tonight. you saw me cry at the table and held me when i gave up trying. you said baby i have lungs, and they’re ...

7. bulldoze poetry and bones; the mosquitoes fly by fast. earth in my ears, my eyes, my nose. oh, this world’s gone bad we’re pulling on the hairs of a ...

6. grounded up in the tree by your window. watching the pocket knife I gave you chip away at the bark. we didn’t talk about much, but it was enough ...

5. kenny kenny comes to my house and slides a grenade pin under my door. i sense his lingering presence on the other side and yet unspoken, i’m aware that ...

4. LeBron James people say that if you can be happy in ohio, you can be happy anywhere. but i was so sad in michigan cloudy and industrial; the air ...

3. dirty old man his lungs were too big for cigarettes, so he smoked cigars fumbling around with them in his fingers with a smug look on his face. the ...

2. bleach you washed away the blood with bleach, scrubbing hard and letting it seep into the floorboards. when it was simple like this. when i could reach out and ...

1. cancer you had cancer. i didn’t know until it was all gone. you don’t talk much. i know this about you, but it’s hard to be this in love ...

I never do NaPo, but I figured I’d chime in this year. Better late than never; I’ll try to make up for the days I’ve missed.

I love this idea! What a cool concept. My current top ten is: 1. Cigarette Daydreams by Cage The Elephant 2. Stay by Post Malone (Cavetown cover version) 3. Cursive ...