Featured in Farrago Magazine Edition Five 2026

Design by Bettina Unson

Editing a Reel of Film: for Mother. (Without citation) 

Cento. 

We accept the love we think we deserve.

There can be no peace for us, only misery.

I’m letting life hit me until

I know that

love isn’t something that weak people do.

You can hit me, if you want to.

I wonder about you sometimes.

The past is past, … it should remain buried,

but I’d rather be in it.

You don't get better suffering than that.

I tried my hardest. I don't know what to do.

The places we once called home

erased by two decades of

flames. Sacrifice. Icarus.

I just woke up one day and I knew:

You are a worthless, friendless, … piece of shit.

You chew people up.

That’s what I love about

you … the tumour-like substance that lives

to be hugged.

You are the only reason

I don’t remember

the tyranny of

your filthy fucking name.

Editing a Reel of Film. (Cited) 

Cento. 

We accept the love we think we deserve.¹

There can be no peace for us, only misery.²

I’m letting life hit me until³

I know that⁴

love isn’t something that weak people do.⁵

You can hit me, if you want to.⁶

I wonder about you sometimes.⁷

The past is past, … it should remain buried,⁸

but I’d rather be in it.⁹

You don't get better suffering than that.¹⁰

I tried my hardest. I don't know what to do.¹¹

The places we once called home¹²

erased by two decades of¹³

flames. Sacrifice. Icarus.¹⁴

I just woke up one day and I knew:¹⁵

You are a worthless, friendless, … piece of shit.¹⁶

You chew people up.¹⁷

That’s what I love about¹⁸

you … the tumor-like substance that lives¹⁹

to be hugged:²⁰

You are the only reason²¹

I don’t remember²²

the tyranny of²³

your filthy fucking name.²⁴

NOTES 

¹The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, Summit Entertainment, 2012. 

²Anna Karenina. Directed by Joe Wright, Universal Pictures, 2012. 

³La La Land. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Summit Entertainment, 2016. 

⁴Moonlight. Directed by Barry Jenkins, A24, 2016. 

⁵Fleabag. Directed by Phoebe-Waller-Bridge, Two Brothers Pictures, 2016-19. 

⁶Blue Velvet. Directed by David Lynch, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986. ⁷Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990. 

⁸Everything is Illuminated. Directed by Liev Schreiber, Warner Independent Pictures, 2005. ⁹Girl, Interrupted. Directed by James Mangold, Columbia Pictures, 1999. 

¹⁰Little Miss Sunshine. Directed by Johnathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Searchlight Pictures, 2006.

¹¹The Darjeeling Limited. Directed by Wes Anderson, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2007.

¹²The French Dispatch. Directed by Wes Anderson, American Empirical Pictures, 2021.

¹³Royal Tenenbaums. Directed by Wes Anderson, Touchstone Pictures, 2001.

¹⁴Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, New Regency Productions, 2014.

¹⁵500 Days of Summer. Directed by Marc Webb, Searchlight Pictures, 2009.

¹⁶Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Bold Films, 2014. 

¹⁷The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Directed by Jim Sharman, Twentieth Century Fox, 1975. ¹⁸Begin Again. Directed by John Carney, Exclusive Media Group, 2013. 

¹⁹High Strung. Directed by Roger Nygard, Film Brigade Productions, 1992. 

²⁰Lars and the Real Girl. Directed by Craig Gillespie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2007. 

²¹A Beautiful Mind. Directed by Ron Howard, Universal Pictures, 2001. 

²²Boy. Directed by Taika Waititi, Unison Films, 2010. 

²³Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, Miramax, 1994. 

²⁴Promising Young Woman. Directed by Emerald Fennell, FilmNation Entertainment, 2020.