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I wait for the call that will confirm I've done everything right. the proximity between "my anxiety" and my anxiety begs questions. the questions that…

Aug 24 •

Cassie da Costa

July 2023

(at the County Theater)

Jul 8 •

Cassie da Costa

June 2023

: in a series of rooms

Jun 29 •

Cassie da Costa

(at the Greek architect's apartment)

Jun 27 •

Cassie da Costa

December 2021

I hope you haven't done it all, or at all

The extraordinary, truly envious thing about being a poet is that you have a realm of being in which no one can nor desires to make you do anything. It…

Dec 18, 2021 •

Cassie da Costa

August 2021

Black Bill Part 4

Notes in preparation for the novel: He claims that O’Hara “doesn’t introspect or recollect much,” which is a lie if we’ve read the same thing. Every…

Aug 31, 2021 •

Cassie da Costa

March 2021

Black Bill Part 3

There was no plot. Before he said it, he knew she would say this didn’t matter, not that this was the point. It was childish to reply this way to a…

Mar 6, 2021 •

Cassie da Costa

February 2021

Black Bill Part 2

It had been a good time to get pregnant. She was in the middle of everything at once, and it was going OK. It was best to be distracted while pregnant…

Feb 3, 2021 •

Cassie da Costa

January 2021

A series of data points, an array of successes

Jan 9, 2021 •

Cassie da Costa

December 2020

The beautiful people are all dancers

I was soaring down the 33 on my way home from the dry cleaners, blasting Sam’s Town by The Killers. A self-help album intensely beloved by me. When we…

Dec 17, 2020 •

Cassie da Costa

October 2020

In which I tell you what it all means

Because I don't want you to try to figure it out for yourself

Oct 1, 2020 •

Cassie da Costa

August 2020

Railing against the narrowest establishment

In enthusiastic recognition of Joe Brainard

Aug 18, 2020 •

Cassie da Costa

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