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Brain of J-Hawk (he/him)'s avatar

"Those earrings you gave me that burn my ears; the way yours burn when I tell my therapist about you."

That's a pretty damn cool and deep line.

Candy Downs's avatar

Oooh and true!

Chris Keller's avatar

that may be one of my favorite lines too.

J.Mac's avatar

Heart-Shaped Box and In Bloom

J.Mac's avatar

……, Smells Like Nirvana.lol

Candy Downs's avatar

My teenager just discovered them so it’s been in heavy rotation lately ♥️ I name all my posts after songs :)

Laggy's avatar

Badass

J.Mac's avatar

That’s so cool! Just bought the 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set of “In Utero” , which also has 2 full concerts , some of the last ones Nirvana ever played and they rock!

Candy Downs's avatar

Oh that’s awesome! I’ll have to look for that for him ♥️

Pamala Vallarta's avatar

Geezuz Dear! Sometimes your talent shocks even your own mother - who knows for a fact that I created a perfect goddess in my uterus! I knew it the second we met eyes - your giant round blue eyes in your perfect pink new baby body captured my heart.

Candy Downs's avatar

Oooooh!! Love you so much Mama 💖💖💖

Abbey Wade's avatar

Stunning. Love you

Candy Downs's avatar

Love you Wifey ♥️

Mahmoud Owies's avatar

Short but absolutely worth it!

Candy Downs's avatar

Like me 💁🏼‍♀️

Mahmoud Owies's avatar

Yes! 🫶

France Pinzon • literary speck's avatar

I love this poetic Candy era 🥹

Candy Downs's avatar

Substack rubbing off on me 💁🏼‍♀️ love you girlie girl!

Leonardo Wassilie's avatar

On the loneliest nights I creep into the attic where you live. *ghostly*

Candy Downs's avatar

Spooky valentine 💌

Nightmares, Neon & Cold Chrome's avatar

Wow. That gave me goosebumps.

Candy Downs's avatar

Oooh thank you!!🙏🏻

Terryble Twitch's avatar

In 1994, when I made the decision to propose, I was super fuckin’ broke, but madly in love, so I fashioned a ring out of a Werthers wrapper because it was gold.

Candy, I’m with you, in missing some very impactful love

🫂🐙

Candy Downs's avatar

Missing it means we were lucky to have felt it ♥️

Terryble Twitch's avatar

Yeah, so lucky to have the experience saturated into my being. I have been having a rough go lately, and the companionship of that level of love is wished for again. But I’m not rushing it.

💙

Candy Downs's avatar

I’d say yes to a Werther’s wrapper. Fancy.

Sam Holloway's avatar

Okay this is seriously cool. I have a footlocker (that my wife hates) with all my pre-20 girl memories in it. Notes, photos, journals, knickknacks…yes it takes up a whole footlocker. But dude, it’s so fun to go through! Flood of memories 🫶

Candy Downs's avatar

Yes! I love this. I have boxes full of stuff from my childhood friends too. It’s so fun to go down memory lane from time to time ♥️

Annelle Norman's avatar

I have one of those boxes, too. Loved this. Thank you.

Candy Downs's avatar

Thank you for reading, Annelle ♥️♥️♥️

Marlana's avatar

I really love how you capture the tension between desire and hesitation here. Even just reading it, I can feel the push and pull, the way emotions can be so present yet just out of reach. Your writing makes the small, intimate moments feel huge honestly, it hit me.✨