LESSONS FOR NEXT TIME

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Dog Days, Dog Women

Dog Days, Dog Women

On bad love

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Vivien Lee
Aug 29, 2023
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When you raise bad love, you raise a monster. We both kept a bag out, ready to leave the other at any time. And one of us always did, storming out after a fight as if a tornado swept through. Because, as an ex-lover once put it, I’m a “whirlwind bitch”. How many monsters have I raised in my life?

….This is my monster, Bruce. Hello, the thing of darkness …

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