Entries By Jessica Bang
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object
The object of my desire?
You know, I’ve never driven to the very end of Northern Boulevard.
Maybe one day when I finally get to own that red BMW convertible, we can both call in sick for work and embark on a one-day adventure.
‘Cause in the end, that’s all I can offer.
It shouldn’t be this tough to want this so much.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 12.02.2012 @ 4:29 pm
satisfy
In timely intervals she dipped her hand seductively into the bowl and kept her eyes locked on his indifferent profile. He had forgotten once again that she was allergic to cherries. But she was going to eat them all. She always had to force a hypersensitivity reaction to get his attention.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 11.19.2012 @ 7:47 pm
combine
You can’t combine all these hours, these memories, into one coherent film. Appreciate them as moments, not a production, not a presentation. Certainly not a work of art.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 10.02.2012 @ 6:57 pm
breath
The shortness of her breath, the staggering approach, the lingering tears that will never quite fall–he wanted all of it when she came to his funeral.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.27.2012 @ 4:38 pm
before
He turned off the radio before the song escalated.
Before she silenced her tears.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.24.2012 @ 11:48 am
trial
The way he indirectly questioned her whereabouts through their cellphone conversations helped her realize that he wasn’t someone she’d be able to deal with in the long run.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.21.2012 @ 7:09 pm
claim
His claims, his theories, deemed his ignorance incurable. Yet she never gave up on her least favorite student as she repeatedly taught him for his four senior years.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.19.2012 @ 6:43 pm
despite
Despite the calming music and her friends’ reassurances, she couldn’t bare to check the (1) thing in her Inbox.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.18.2012 @ 3:49 pm
together
Perchance my fingers claw through this barrier and rip the awkwardness that makes us strangers, don’t be alarmed by my lack of hesitance.
I think our hands were made for this moment.
Hold mine if you feel the same.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.17.2012 @ 3:51 pm
asthma
The way we easily say–”Take my breath away.”
Unarmed and unknowing the dire consequences.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.14.2012 @ 5:29 am
towers
Many claimed the towers were a mirage; a trick of the clouds and the cliffs and the rumors. But Penelope packed her satchel and locked her windows, and headed towards the Towers That Provide.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.11.2012 @ 6:02 pm
binding
Your words fit right into the pockets of my heart’s lonely receptors, and my body stays immune to everything else that you are.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.10.2012 @ 7:20 pm
headphones
You sport those headphones around your neck as to not have your hair disheveled.
And you critique the artists I listen to.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.08.2012 @ 6:38 pm
stillness
I wonder if my lack of response after finally taking up your movie recommendation made it hard for you to talk to me again.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.07.2012 @ 5:39 am
whether
Whether or not I pursue this major, don’t be intimidated by my coincidental omnipotence.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.06.2012 @ 7:43 am
sustain
She tried sustaining her fingers for those interminable seconds to dial the three numbers that seeped through the splitting headache.
She barely pressed first two numbers; she never made it to the final 1.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.05.2012 @ 9:04 am
miracle
You convinced me to wear your glasses when that drunk girl broke mine, and it took us past curfew to drive back to your house. But it was the best drive I’d had since my road test. And I kept your glasses, though it blinds my eyes.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.03.2012 @ 6:24 pm
texture
The cuts of the diamond, the stealth of the band; her fingertips refused the absence of its snugness.
Maybe she could learn to forgive a serial cheater.
The ring was stuck anyway.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 09.01.2012 @ 8:48 pm
darlings
Such a word makes you sound less possessive. It’s an expensive mask for an ugly player.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.30.2012 @ 3:55 pm
salvation
It’s never what you expect it to be. Like falling in love, or falling down stairs.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.29.2012 @ 2:35 pm
comfort
Oh, the comfort of revisiting old promises–nothing else comes close to how humble it makes us. Nothing comes close to what we truly are.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.20.2012 @ 8:55 pm
want
It would be a lie if I said that what I want more than anything is God’s will fulfilled. His perfect will, His righteous will– Will it be enough?
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.14.2012 @ 5:45 pm
texts
She only sent them when she was sure she’d get responses. But she knows that the content of those replies is always a gamble.
You can’t always get what you want.
You can’t get picky with “k.”
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.10.2012 @ 10:17 pm
substances
She described the kiss as like the neighboring effect of oil and water, while I imagined it to be like the elevating mercury levels within a fragile thermometer.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.08.2012 @ 6:18 pm
puncture
The doctor was badly slurring his words, and she misheard the explanation as a punctual wound–as if all splinters led to nasty infections.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.07.2012 @ 9:00 am
secret
Her time capsule had stated she wanted to marry a doctor.
And he did, much to her dismay.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 08.03.2012 @ 9:37 pm
losses
When you nonchalantly said, “Let’s cut our losses,” I gasped and quickly looked away. It was like telling me to cut my limbs–I’d rather die instead.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 07.31.2012 @ 6:00 am
principal
His principal priority when dating women was to find the perfect wife. And he eventually did. She just wasn’t the perfect mother.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 07.29.2012 @ 6:32 pm
fuses
They were the pair of wineglasses gifted to her on her twenty-first birthday. But she didn’t need wine. She needed more time. So she got the glasses remolded, as one, and filled the fragile structure with sand in her favorite color.
Posted By Jessica Bang On 07.23.2012 @ 10:26 pm
