issue #1: musical golden shovels

When Doves Cry

29 April 2026

Can you stop sadistically twisting your knife in this you-shaped hole drilled deep into my heart? This is my biggest regret. You are my deepest shame. What darling, you think I’m dramatic? Our misguided affair, it can be love. Don’t you hear how ridiculous that sounds? You are delusional if you think we are good together. Like picture us as real couple in love‽ I think about that day when this relationship started. We were falcons dressed as doves.                                                                Months later, I still cry.

Notes

After “When Doves Cry” by Prince.

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Johannah Simon is a corporate schemer and professional dreamer. She's a Midwestern GenX writer, who can't stop writing about her messy life. Find her unhinged corner of the interwebs at www.thewritingtype.com.