Posts
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for a moment
I’m so busy now,
Even when I’m not, I’m busy,
Online, scrolling mindlessly, thoughtlessly,
Deeper and deeper into the well,
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history
My history is written,
Enclosed in the minds on those who knew me,
Twisted and fractured.
Changed by time and perspective,
Stored in the records of the country,
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in my head
Silence, loud, deafening silence. I can’t look her in the eyes, but I can’t rip mine away, so I stare. It’s not awkward or anything, I mean she’s staring too.
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Boxes
I’m put in a box
Here I’ll stay, as from the edge
I was pushed away
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mess
I’m angry, I’m furious, I’ll try to let it out by complaining,
by venting, by ranting, maybe to one, two, or even three people.
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still hungry
I sit in the corner, listening to the conversation,
started like it was just breathing to them,
I want that, but my heart doesn’t yearn as much,
or maybe it yearns infinitely more.
Loves
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She used to
She used to smile.
She used to laugh.
She used to not care.
She still smiled and laughed,
but it wasn't real.
She used to not care but then she did.
When did it start?
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take the president and run
capture the old
to become the new.
kidnap the worse
to become the better?
better at running a country
that isn't even ours,
better at taking credit for
work that isn't his,
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we will not be silenced
because we cannot do this again.
we are tired of giving our lives up
so you can play at governance.
we are tired of pretending that war is a toy
you can wind up and watch. 28.5 million lives
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The Moon
The moon whispers
Oh so quietly, yet
It is louder than all else
Its words wind through the frozen trees and dance across the sparkling snow, the forest still but for its wavering reminder that
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A Reminder About Firsts
First transgender representative
First protester
First lesbian senior
First Muslim mayor
First to take a stand
First in history
But that's not the point is it?
Not at all
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I, the me, the oxymoron
I,
the me,
the oxymoron.