the gray agenda

the gray agenda

rock(ed my) bottom

“It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out.” - Caroline Knapp

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grayson kelly
May 04, 2022
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“Untitled (Gaeta)”, Cy Twombly, 1989

Note: This piece is taken from the beginning of my graduate thesis, a book proposal, written for and at the University of Southern California.

I was jolted awake by a loud crash. No—not a crash. Something shattered. Broken glass, I thought.

I rolled over and groaned when I saw what I’d inadvertently done while awaken…

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