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QUICKBURN

We hit the spliff real quick when our paths crossed
instantly lit, a match burning
right down
to the tip
 
I’d breathe you in till I choke
but somehow the smoke suits me fine
I’d sink into you till I drown
but if this is how I die lay me down
There aren’t enough hours in the day darling
there’s not enough vodka in the bottle
never enough sleep or
water in the spa pool
 
I feel like I’m losing time when
your hand’s not holding mine
every shutter I do not click
is a moment I mustn’t forget
It’s wetter here
in mid-Summer
where the sun seeks us out
into the corners of the morning
 
It’s warmer here
with our clothes lost to the garden
my skin a sin slipping
always into tomorrow
Where’s the water that won’t drain
where’s the taste we can savour
where’s the bottom of the glass &
where does it go deeper
 
Get me the kind of drunk
I’ll desperately want to remember
give me the kind of addiction
I will not choose to break
If Summer isn’t infinite
we have no time to waste
if there’s burning when we touch god
help me let the fire rage.
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Posted On: August 2nd 2025, 12:29 am
QUICKBURN // Best of the Net nominated 🔥

Thank you so much to @mosspuppymag for nominating my poem in their ‘Amberfields’ issue for this indie lit awards season!

‘QUICKBURN’ is heavily inspired by @saltburnfilm & I just had way too much fun making graphics with thematically appropriate stills from the movie……. infinite summers, drinking bubbles, & being half-naked in the garden…… Venetia Catton really was my muse that summer 💛

Thank you again to the editors for not only having me but putting my poem forward for this award! Appreciate it so much x

#writing #poetry #botn #saltburn
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sophieeeeeee.f a year ago

sophieeeeeee.f

THIS IS SO SO GOOD

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