A review by tersirat
New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

making the decision to read these poems while listening to taylor swift was truly not my brightest moment. really, i cried. i was kicking my feet. i was tightening my fist until my finger nails left marks on the palm of my hand. i bawled.

there are no words in my head that can perfectly summarize this better than this excerpt from one of the poems titled "ode to my bitch face":

one theory is that you were born like this
but i don’t believe it. you came out screaming
and alive and look at you now, look at how
you’ve learned to hide your teeth.
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