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Joined 05-25-04, id: 415171, Profile Updated: 11-01-10
Author has written 64 stories for General, General, Family, Friendship, Love, and Fantasy.

my name is aly.

i find it's easiest to do things with permanent markers
and enough big paper. beer also helps.
i'm currently horribly obsessed with max bemis
& the painful splits, my subscription to GQ
and sitting in my kitchen window.

if my life were a movie it would be called
chasing amy at my best friend's wedding.
i succeed at laughing at myself most days.

i used to love this website when i was in high school.
in college, i got away from writing a little bit and i figured
i should return to what i loved about it.
new collections to follow, plz bear with me through my formatting frenzy.

leave me a review and i will love you forever.

(formerly yspgirl)

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24 over insomnia by she's not breathing reviews
it's the number i hate, the hours i can't sleep away. one day. one year. you are everything, but you don't know how tangled i still am. REMOVED.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 24 - Words: 240 - Reviews: 218 - Favs: 70 - Follows: 8 - Updated: 3/25/2007 - Published: 3/25/2006 - Complete
Broken Wings by Chaos Apple reviews
Watch your angel .crash. and /burn/
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 3 - Published: 8/14/2006
That is, if you read this by Chandra-Moon reviews
Easing back into poetry
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 37 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Published: 8/13/2006
daddy's little princess by dirty windows reviews
her words are a little too sweet
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 2 - Published: 8/7/2006
wasteofspace kind of heart by tasted like heartache reviews
(she's a taped together masterpiece, and she knows she's not worth as much as the real thing.)
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 6 - Published: 7/31/2006
and maybe you will by my failure reviews
...blahblahblahlove
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/26/2006
write you beautiful by tasted like heartache reviews
[femmeslash] watery 'i love you's are poison (of the truth serum and aphrodisiac sort)
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 6 - Published: 7/16/2006
i'll write emails by beauty and the breakdown reviews
(or write you off)
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 128 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 3 - Published: 7/14/2006
always looking by whoregasm reviews
do something. start something. cause a revoulution
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 6/14/2006
Laundry Room etiquite by whoregasm reviews
this is what life looks like outside the laundry room
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 6/14/2006
An Introspection of NotQuiteLove by crusoeing reviews
him, in a mafia suit, knowing all about cocktails and Cadillacs.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 416 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 5/31/2006
Side Of Me by the cereal killer reviews
De-side, can you get in-side?
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 257 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/9/2005
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imaginary things
i like to imagine you imagining me.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 437 - Published: 11/27/2011
poems about my mother & the moon
if i took myself seriously enough to write a chapbook, this would be it.
Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Family/Poetry - Chapters: 6 - Words: 1,568 - Published: 11/1/2010
stories about people & my dreams reviews
i dreamt you up, baby.
Poetry: Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 8 - Words: 1,606 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 11/1/2010
my exgirls & imagined lovers reviews
where i stand with women and all the people who never let me love them.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 7 - Words: 2,030 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 11/1/2010 - Published: 10/31/2010
first and last names
as a family, your last name is your commonality.
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Published: 1/10/2009
touch
returning from winter break.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 133 - Published: 1/6/2009
the dangers of accumulation reviews
i'm trying to figure out why we can't speak to each other.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 12/25/2008
pieces, part two reviews
another attempt at the pieces concept.
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 6 - Words: 423 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11/13/2008
for my ima
because once i saw a picture of her young and in a rowboat and it said once i was beautiful, but now i am myself.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 282 - Published: 10/23/2007
getting the hiccups reviews
this is my life right now.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 291 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10/23/2007
pieces reviews
sometimes the bits and pieces hold the most truth. these aren't quite poems, but they are true.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 8 - Words: 648 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 8/2/2007
darling, it's a full moon reviews
relationships are like jungles and the progression of the sun or the moon across the sky.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 381 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/10/2007
haunting reviews
she talked me out of going to the doctor. and so i wrote this poem.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 321 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 6/5/2007
escape reviews
a fabulous day at the park.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 196 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 3/23/2007
pretty is a state of mind reviews
i wrote this late at night, in my prom dress from last year, crying my eyes out.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 298 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 3/23/2007
stagnant reviews
i tell myself i'll change, but i just fall into you again.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 2/15/2007
to the out of place girl in the biblical restauran reviews
tense situations call for sexual reactions. this poem is one large work of blasphemy, haha you've been warned.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 538 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2/11/2007
interconnected, with no escape reviews
we are a giant web, spanning people, time, memories, and scars.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1/13/2007
untitled so far reviews
we play peekaboo with growing up.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 167 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/13/2007
there's no sex in your reviews
violence is specific.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 232 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 1/13/2007
this is why reviews
if i were to give you an explanation, this would be it. if i had given him an answer, this would have been my reasoning.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 292 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 12/14/2006
we locked the door on our way out reviews
and we made him SWEAR to call us in the morning.... but in the car we realized we had his cell phone and we'd locked the door on our way out.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 367 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 11/28/2006
stretch reviews
difficult to imagine, but they are lovers.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 151 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Published: 10/12/2006
parental guidance reviews
they teach by example, and i shield my eyes and PRAY not to learn.
Poetry: Family - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 530 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 10/3/2006
you are powerful reviews
in her defintion of violence she described you perfectly without even knowing it. "it is intoxicating but destructive." and my breath sticks in my throat.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 235 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9/30/2006
youYOUyou reviews
let's be honest here, you come first.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 9/27/2006
first sight reviews
written in hindsight. (pantoum)
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 184 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 1 - Published: 9/25/2006
the worst possible way reviews
cut yourself down before others have the chance.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 240 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9/19/2006
stumble reviews
walking's rough sometimes, don'tcha know? (rated for language)
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 143 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9/13/2006
smile, love reviews
because all i can really do is smile.
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 3 - Words: 518 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8/25/2006
unmoved reviews
i cannot affect change in my own life just as you cannot affect change in my heart.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8/15/2006
beautiful reviews
i debated this summary for like ten minutes when i should have gone with my first instinct and said i have no words to describe this poem.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 8/6/2006
we color outside the lines reviews
we function better without guidelines.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 312 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8/6/2006
breakdown reviews
this is a structural breakdown. (rated for language)
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 357 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 2 - Published: 8/3/2006
subliminal reviews
my reasons are beneath the radar.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 95 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6/28/2006
while we sleep reviews
when you talk in your sleep, it is impossible to lie.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 100 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/20/2006
suspense reviews
the anticipation of an event
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 199 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 6/20/2006
suffer in silence reviews
oh, if they'd only communicate
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6/20/2006
speak louder reviews
it's one of those things that's just hard to understand
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6/20/2006
room 502, only joking
some things are easier just to joke about
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 141 - Published: 6/20/2006
killer
it's even dangerous to read about
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 147 - Published: 6/20/2006
ages 14 to 22
it's kind of like dancing, really.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Published: 6/20/2006
Funerals in Heels
have you ever seen a normal family? i mean an honest to god, normal family? yeah, me neither. this is a story about another not normal family.
Fiction: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,236 - Updated: 6/6/2006 - Published: 6/4/2006
warning reviews
warnings lessen pain.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 85 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 1 - Published: 1/15/2006
with you reviews
the things that change when i'm with you.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
virulent reviews
you make my symptoms rage.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 98 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12/2/2005
instantaneous reviews
the feeling of being instantaneous
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 88 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
shut down reviews
there's only so much you can take. (rated for talk of bad situations)
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 234 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
preparations reviews
to prepare or not to prepare (rated for talk of death)
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 105 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
too quickly reviews
she just left.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 134 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
take flight reviews
we can fly. (rated for very brief talk of very bad things)
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 125 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
smoke reviews
this is actually about my father, surprise, surprise. (rated for... cigarettes? i dunno what that should be rated)
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 130 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
safe
poem on nervousness and packing peanuts (rated for langauge)
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Published: 12/2/2005
pushpull
when you can't figure out whether to push or pull.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 153 - Published: 12/2/2005
patches
we patch our souls in vain attempt to heal.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 118 - Published: 12/2/2005
noise reviews
the inevitable noise before sleep
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
no idea acceptexcept reviews
ummm i honestly can't explain this one. (rated for langauge)
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 137 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
infection reviews
infection of mind due to infection of body.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
give it time, love reviews
these things take time. (pantoum)
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 132 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/2/2005
flexible
we can be so flexible, until something makes us snap (rated for langauge and talk of pill popping)
Poetry: General - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 192 - Published: 12/2/2005
failed attempt reviews
you're just so connected.
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 99 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12/2/2005
exception reviews
i love being your exception.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 171 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12/2/2005
drown reviews
poem about being so far out of your comfort zone, that it makes it ok
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 82 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12/2/2005
closer
she went away, far away. and it hurt. but sometimes she felt so close. and that hurt worse.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 154 - Published: 12/2/2005