I Love
I love the miracle of your gentleness // I love your executive function // I love the blue of when you look at me // I love you lying on my couch // I love you lying on me // I love watching you play chess // I love saying ‘are you winning, babe?’ // I love you winning // I love the analysis of your mistakes // I love your fucking nerdiness // I love your random facts // I love your… specificity // I love you cooking for all of my friends // I love your chicken parm // I love your cleanliness // I love your autism // I love watching you do my chores // I love your hospital corners // I love you making my bed // I love you unmaking my bed // I love you making me in my unmade bed // I love making you moan // I love that I can’t make beds for shit but I can make you… make me need to do my laundry // I love you laughing at me for sucking at sea combat in Assassin’s Creed // I love the considerate way in which you make me suck less // I love that I don’t need to make another joke // I love that I get in the shower & think of you // I love when you kiss me in the shower & it’s all wet // I love that I can’t kiss you without it being all wet // I love dry-humping // I love amusing you // I love everything being an allusion all the time // I love metaphors // I love when you’re all like how many poems have you written about me & I’m like well fuck, babe! // I love how insufferable we are in public // I love clinging to you like I’ve finally got something to cling to // I love it being so very unusual & startling that I am not alone // I love your company // I love the hand-crafted Skyrim alchemy table incense holder // I love bragging about you on the internet // I love that chivalry isn’t dead // I love that I’m locked in // I love that you made me surprise myself // I love that you can roll better than me // I love that everything is suddenly so much bigger // I love that I finally have a reason to stay // I love staying // I love going somewhere // I love being beside you // I love being teased by forever // I love being sure // I love that rare certainty // I love being my best self // I love loving you
Devon Webb is a Gen Z writer & editor based in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her award-winning work has been published in over seventy journals worldwide & revolves around themes of femininity, vulnerability, anti-capitalism & neurodivergence. She is an in-house writer for Erato Magazine, an editor for Prismatica Press, & is currently working on the launch of a collective called The Circus, which will prioritise radical inclusivity within the indie lit scene. She can be found on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok & Bluesky at @devonwebbnz.