“The Pros and Cons of Hugging” by Violet Piper

indebted
abiding
staging
choreography of sentiments

timestamps
suspension
cherishing shields
rituals of recognition

don’t you like me?

I like you.

pressure

pressure



Violet Piper is a writer from Brooklyn. Her debut chapbook, This Is What They Said It Would Be Like, was published in September with Bottlecap Press.