molly otto·May 10, 2020Facts and FloursSunday mornings used to be for words, but now we cook instead. Someone else can write the folds of my skin or wonder on a fresh loaf of…
InLit Upbymolly otto·Mar 12, 2019Little FailuresIt’s Complicated: Lit Up & The Writing Cooperative ContestA response icon1A response icon1
molly otto·Oct 24, 2018Have You Been Writing?Have I been writing? I wrote something last week that I had to cough from deep in my lungs because it clung to my insides. It’s like that…
InP.S. I Love Youbymolly otto·Dec 27, 2017Five Thousand Three Hundred Fifty FiveYou said London so casually, like it was around the corner. Like we could pop down the street to the pub for whiskeys and shrimp toast…
Inthe compositebymolly otto·Aug 24, 2017When I MoveThere’s a pile of boxes sitting in the corner of my room. I’ve been meaning to break them down for weeks now, but it always seems like the…
InP.S. I Love Youbymolly otto·Aug 7, 2017The facts and in-betweens of itYou seem to have misunderstood. I’m so sorry I never took the time to clarify; I thought you knew when you wandered into my bed that what…
molly otto·Jul 29, 2017Tragic Stories I Began to Write But It Turned Out They Were Only Tragic TweetsI thought about visiting a town you shared a name with, just so you might love me.
InP.S. I Love Youbymolly otto·Jun 5, 2017What’s Left of UsThe best part of us is that we fell in love: you fell in love with her, I fell in love with him. There were only months between our “us”…A response icon1A response icon1
molly otto·Apr 24, 2017Other Girls aka The Ones Who ThriveYou know the girls you wanted to be in high school? The ones who had already perfected the art of being flawless and knew to reply “Oh…
InP.S. I Love Youbymolly otto·Apr 3, 2017From a Furnace, Saying I Love YouI had an anxiety attack the first time a boyfriend told me he loved me. I lay on my side, my face hot and wet, my body surging with the…A response icon2A response icon2
