You Must Change Your Life

Sam Levy

I put away my matchsticks / and hammer. You remain, standing / the same as you were.

when I laugh, you perk up
like a misted lily

there’s always something new to say

It is only for an hour or two that I get to panic about pregnancy before the blood starts.

May 27, 2025 | Poetry

At Bryn Mawr I was taught never to use CAPS / I dawn my lips / and paint my toes / red as a manifestos

May 26, 2025 | Poetry

behold a God's eye in storm where tapping rings / finish me.

May 25, 2025 | Rejected Modern Love Essay

Michelle understood my frustration. She diagnosed Peter with “terminal vagueness” and agreed it wasn’t my job to financially support him.

Love is like a museum. You have to look around, experience things, and then leave.

Garielle's longest, most peculiar, most particularized book. A sure-to-be collector's item. Delivery 4-6 weeks!

“Legs Get Led Astray is a scorching hot glitter box full of youthful despair and dark delight.”

—Cheryl Strayed, author of WILD