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My hair settled
much like goose feathers
this morning
And I ruffled my
slick hair,
waded into the bath
To tilt my swan neck back
Letting the faucet
graze my shoulder
Dec 21, 2024
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write even if its poo poo thats the point???
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wrote this diddy abt being in bed all day
(ed endings are pronounced (chang-ed))
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āSicknessā
Suns rise lungs depress eyes spine lay downwardĀ
Shifts beneath cotton wool illusion of silk
Such soft stills as the heart beats blood onward
Sores spinal cord twists stretch crackle joint ilk
Side turn legs cross eyes sore from prolongingĀ
Silence as someone checks youāve changed placeĀ
Slight defiance in latitude daylong
Same ceiling above responses in haze
Simple it feels to concave for hours
Stretching not standing or shower taking
Stench of clothes unchanged beneath cowers
So avoid your duties sleep awaking
See dreams gravity press patterns close eyes
Sick day sweet laughter you lay on your lies
Jan 24, 2024
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Poem I wrote a bit ago when I was loathing LOLšŗ
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Im spectating myself,
on the screen distorted and displaced
Iām half rendered,
crude and unfinishedĀ
his hands repeat the same motions
playing a mortal game with himself
entranced by a saccharine glowĀ
his body corrupts and transmutes into thread and dead skinĀ
itās silken fingers clutching and restraining his appendagesĀ
he stares at me, with deliverance inscribed in his pupilsĀ
Iām a doll in its embraceĀ
I donāt want to leave its breast
but I know Iāll wake up tomorrow with concrete in my lungs and ribs of rebar.Ā
May 8, 2025
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itās great when Iām able to romanticize my daily life when things seem mundane. to be able to be grateful for what I have rather than focusing on what I donāt. thatās not to say that I think you shouldnāt question your situation and to be complicit, but sometimes for the time being you donāt have a choice. so itās better to look on the bright side of things. Iāve heard the quote that the grass is greener where you water it and I believe that to be true to an extent. Iām also reminded of a poem thatās stuck with me for a while. itās title is Aimless Love by Billy Collins and it goes like this:
This morning as I walked along the lake shore,
I fell in love with a wren
and later on in the day, a mouse
the cat had dropped under the dining room table.
In the shadows of an autumn evening,
I fell for a seamstress
still at her machine in the tailorās window,
and later for a bowl of broth,
steam rising like smoke from a naval battle.
This is the best kind of love, I thought,
without recompense, without gifts,
or unkind words, without suspicion,
or silence on the telephone.
The love of the chestnut,
the jazz cap and one hand on the wheel.
No lust, no slam of the doorā
the love of the miniature orange tree,
the clean white shirt, the hot evening shower,
the highway that cuts across Florida.
No waiting, no huffiness, or rancorā
just a twinge every now and then
for the wren who had built her nest on a low branch overhanging the water
and for the dead mouse,
still dressed in its light brown suit.
But my heart is always standing on its tripod,
ready for the next arrow.
After I carried the mouse by its tail to a pile of leaves in the woods,
I found myself standing at the bathroom sink gazing down affectionately at the soap,
so patient and soluble,
so at home in its pale green soap dish.
I could feel myself falling again as I felt its turning in my wet hands and caught the scent of the lavender and stone.
May 17, 2025
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To Tom
with all my love (only you know what that means!)
Buffy
i wonder if tom knew what that meant...
Dec 27, 2024
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it's the tv show chopped, but the judges do challenges while drinking wine and being goofy
it's just pros fucking around with each other but still making amazing dishes it's hilarious
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