I Read Stories: This Is How You Leave Him by Holly Pelesky

This Is How You Leave Him by Holly Pelesky

There is a list of 34 items, detailing how you leave him (the piece is in the second person).  Some of the list numbers are part of your descriptions, and some are not. A song follows you throughout the piece. Not everything you do is good, or wise, or helpful. But what it is, is it is finally you.

Yes, even when you lie to your sister to hurt her. You shouldn’t do that. You do it anyway.




Read This: Because you need to know what it’s like to leave and become someone else, yourself
Don’t Read This: If you can’t stand second person narratives bound up in one person’s concerns