Pretend That You Love Me

I asked him to break my heart

Flannery Wilson
The Shadow
Published in
4 min readJan 23, 2021

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It seems odd to me that life is, in many ways, so predictable; that certain actions are almost never positive.

It is never a good idea to dwell for too long on unrequited love, for example.

Why? Because it is better for us to live in the real world, to interact with other people on a daily basis, to try, fail, and try…

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Flannery Wilson
The Shadow

Flannery has a PhD in Comparative Literature. She teaches French, Italian, and visual media. Her book on Taiwanese cinema can be found on Amazon.