A review by bildungswalton
Crush by Richard Siken

4.0

“We have not been given all the words necessary.”

“You are a fever I am learning to live with.”

“You wanted to be in love / and he happened to get in the way.”

“Love, for you, / is larger than the usual romantic love. It’s like a religion. It’s / terrifying.”

“I want to tell you this story without having to be in it...”