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they rose like a red-brown cloud every time you tried to do dishes<<timedcontinue 1s>>\nevery time you see bugs you feel like there’s a million all over you\n\n[[>>|5]]

(full of nice things, empty of your cousin)\n\n[[>>|15]]

drain flies\na thing by ira prince\n\n[[>start|a]]

you know that when it was happening you were obsessed with what time it was but know you’re not even sure how late you stayed up. did you sleep?\n\n[[if you did, you slept on the couch|21]]

the water’s cold again\n\n[[>sit in the tub|in1]]\n[[>get out of the tub|out1]]

you sit in the bath for a long time\n\n[[>yeah|2]]

"okay"\n<<timedcontinue 2s>>\n"i was just checking that <<timedcontinue 1s>>you didn't fall asleep"\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n[[>yeah|4]]

you sit in the bath for a long time\n\n"hey babe?"\n\n[[>yeah|3]]

last year when you still lived with a man you got [[drain flies|flies]]\nyou’ve never liked killing bugs but <<continue "something had to be done">>something had to be done\n\nyou set traps of <<continue "wine and juice">>wine and juice\n\nand dumped them down the drain when they <<continue "drowned">>drowned\n\nand followed it up with boiling water and vinegar to [[kill the eggs|7]]

they’re right to worry, though<<timedcontinue 50ms>>\nbecause\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n\n<<continue "A.">>A. you've fallen asleep in the tub before, and\n<<continue "B">>B. sometimes you really want to drown yourself\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n[[>sit in the tub|5]]\n

eventually they were gone<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n\nand a few months later, so were you<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n\n[[>sit in the tub|8]]

all you care about is that they know that men repulse you<<timedcontinue 2s>>\n\nbut then the women grab at you and it’s Hilarious<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n“hey, we can get married now haha”<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n“will you dump your girlfriend for me haha”<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n“i told my boyfriend that i have a new girlfriend now - [[you!|10]]”

drain flies

harper’s cat likes to sit on the edge while you take baths and sometimes she leans down and drinks the water\nshe likes to drink toilet water too so you wonder what that says about you. haha :-)\n\n[[just kidding, the cat fuckin loves you|12]]

dry yourself off and drain the tub. watch the water go down the drain without you.<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n\nharper’s cat follows you out of the bathroom. they’re in bed, asleep again, and it’s warm.\n\n[[>get in bed|out2]]

drain and refill. remind yourself. remind yourself. remind yourself until you’re waterlogged and it’s a part of you. pour boiling water and vinegar to rinse out the eggs. don’t die<<timedcontinue 3s>>\n\n[[end|end]]

at work you say “i’m a lesbian”\n\n[[it works because they think you’re a woman|9]]

thank you for reading drain flies\nthank you for not killing yourself\nthank you for not dying\n\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n\niraprince.tumblr.com

you sit in the bath for a long time\n\n[[>yep|1]]

the joke is that you're disgusting and they would never :-)<<timedcontinue 1s>>\nanyway\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>\n\n[[>sit in the tub|11]]

that’s fair. that’s fair.<<timedcontinue 1s>>\nlater he talked about it like a battlefield but you were just trying to find a way to fit all your stupid shit into boxes so it was a lot more like tetris\n\n[[>sit in the tub|14]]

you think a lot about willow. you had to leave her behind. \n[["she's all i have left"|13]]

last august in new jersey\nyou were in your rich aunt’s [[big house|house]]\n\nand there was a [[lake|16]]

a lot of times when the water gets cold you drain it half out and then refill with hot water\nyou rarely actually wash yourself\nbaths aren’t about getting clean, usually\nthey’re about reminding yourself that you can sit in water without [[dying|15]]

don’t move. don’t move. stay on the couch\n[[you can sit on a couch without dying|18]]

it was big and dark and there were big dark houses all around it, all full of nice things\nand that lake looked so nice and so empty\n\n[[sit on the couch|17]]

tangle yourself in a blanket to make it harder to move. pray that your sister and your cousins stay awake in the next room. if they’re awake it would be harder to get out there without anyone noticing\n\n[[>sit on the couch|20]]

if you sit on the couch you can’t sit in the lake\nsink down \n\n[[>sit on the couch|19]]

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don't die<<timedcontinue 3s>>\n\n[[end]]

ira prince