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“the snake” by kang wei

I have posted a good amount about poetry before so I’ll just leave a recent favorite “I was barely six years old when I saw the snake, probably younger than the snake. It was startled and moved in a flash to the middle of the road as I trimmed the grass. To this day I remember how it panicked, and for the first time I understood the meaning of fate: life began, life frightened me. As my sickle knife slowly became rusted, the snake shed it’s skin, a dry-out shell with the old markings on, which scared me and sent me fleeing, temporarily losing my dignity. Now, I already amass enough venom, but am still afraid. If the snake comes hissing at me with its long, forked tongue, I still wouldn’t know what to do.”

@bisonspider

Aug 6, 2024

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animal kingdom

a three part series i wrote inspired but some expired film photos i took at the zoo. featured in Chen Chen’s twitter poetry mag, the lickety split 🥹

@capyboppy

Sep 20, 2024

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Smokey The Bear Sutra

by Gary Snyder “And he will protect those who love woods and rivers, Gods and animals, hobos and madmen, prisoners and sick people, musicians, playful women, and hopeful children; “And if anyone is threatened by advertising, air pollution, or the police, they should chant SMOKEY THE BEAR’S WAR SPELL “DROWN THEIR BUTTS CRUSH THEIR BUTTS DROWN THEIR BUTTS CRUSH THEIR BUTTS “And SMOKEY THE BEAR will surely appear to put the enemy out with his vajra-shovel.” Read Full Poem

@zenlikeme

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being a nerd about stuff

being traditionally cool is really quite boring and iterative, and it’s actually very cool and sexy to geek out about something you like or share bits of knowledge on a topic you’re passionate about

@marxinista

Aug 17, 2024

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not being on tiktok

i had it for a little over a year until i was like wow this is actually terrible! i genuinely think it has negatively impacted society by ruining people’s attention spans, having a horrific algorithm, and most of all by the most mind-numbing or outright harmful trends - fake words that people now use IRL (“unalive”), trad wife tiktok, shein hauls, body-focused fitness vids that encourage fatphobia and unhealthy habits, shallow political/feminist theory and queer discourse, “alpha male” podcaster tiktok, encouraging overconsumption in general, trends ruining local spots or niche things… the list goes on

@marxinista

Aug 17, 2024

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electronics in fun colors

a million times cooler than the lackluster “sleek” tech color palette used today

@marxinista

Feb 22, 2025

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