Posts
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Second Amendment
Fact: States with less gun control have higher rates of shootings
Fact: Suicide attempts are far more likely to succeed when a gun is involved
Fact: On average, 316 people in the US are shot every day
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Happy Birthday Molly!
Dear friend,
your presence in the present moment is the best present I could ask for
ironically, speaking of presents, it seems I've forgotten yours
so I'll hope praise and prose will work until I can buy you candy
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Despite it/Resilience
Hold up your chin 'cause you're still you —
somehow, someway, someday — you will be you,
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For Them
It does not feel fair that someone like you must be in a world with people like these
A world with all the horrors of the news broadcasts
and real
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Happy Birthday, Mom
Dear Mom,
I forgot to buy you something again. I guess I couldn't find anything that expressed my gratitude enough, so I've decided to write you something until I have time to buy you that wine you like.
Loves
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Things to remember, pt. 1
You are not a number.
You are not a letter.
You are not something that can be
measured
on a scale
with a beginning -
You Me
You
Me
Used to be
YouMe
Nothing to see
YouGone
Me
Is all I need
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instructions on growing up
If you wrap your hand around your mother's wrist
your fingers will touch. How
do you come to terms with that? How
do you learn that your father's shoulders
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event horizon
event horizon–
boundary of a black hole beyond which not even light can escape–
a point of no
return
so imagine, my dear, a color
that is not a color
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LOVE as seen by Taylor Swift
This love is a gold rush
covered your skin
What must it be like to grow up
that beautiful.
This love is a fever dream
in the quiet of the night
It kills me slow
I just want you more.
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an apple shared at the end of the world
we watched the world end from the top of skyscrapers
as the stars set the sea aflame
as highways gave way to yawning mouths
as kudzu devoured what was left of our neighborhoods