Daisy Alioto

You are able to think about the future along multiple axes, I can only see a future that upholds my biases and aligns with my values. I don’t know how to compound my money, I only know how not to run out. I’m stubborn in my life and in my thinking, and sometimes it holds me back but I am too proud not to be held back by it. I think that I can write... See more

This week, my mother came to visit. She asked me to fetch her knee pillow out of her bag. She puts it between her knees while she sleeps so they don’t knock into each other. She has always had slender legs. I’ve memorized the phrase on the pillow, embroidered among flowers. It says, “All things grow with love.”

"Where is the worst place to die?” asked Noah. He slid a few inches deeper into the hot tub and looked around at everyone’s reaction. Cecily was facing away from him. She ashed her cigarette into a glass tray emblazoned with an Italian beer brand. Noah waited expectantly. His chest hair undulated under the water, which glowed green in the slope’... See more