The After

Emily Algar

You make me high
And soft
I sink myself into you
As I feel you slowly slipping away
I hold onto this feeling, this place of happiness, of silly smiles and heat
Even when you leave, you leave me brighter and I leave my mark on you too
I never realised before
That you want me as much as I want you
I know the sadness will come later,
A hole in the shape of you opening up inside of me
I can feel it now, the perforations opening up in the usual places
The tears will come too but only after this.

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Emily Frances Algar is a journalist and writer. She has experience in the music industry working as the A&R on the Grammy Nominated Album (Best Folk Album) Front Porch by artist Joy Williams. Emily has been published in a number of print and digital publications including Atwood Magazine, American Songwriter, and Record Collector magazine. She specializes in both long and short-form features as well as interviews and reviews. She has written pieces ranging from the commercialization of feminism and feminism in popular culture, critiques surrounding freedom of speech and the #MeToo movement as well as recently interviewing refugees from Iran. Emily has a Masters in International Security from Oxford Brookes University. Her thesis looked at the extent to which the media shaped public opinion during the Vietnam and Iraq (2003) wars.

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