PromiseLet's go back to keeping promisesRemember?You used to pride yourself onnever missing one.Be a friend to everyone.A promise is a pearl.Promise truth to yourselfand to life.Seek internally and externally.Standing on the sandy rock,you were so proud with your promises.I loved you, little girl.You told people,"You don't knowwhat you're missingif you won'tbe my friend"and you were right.Blue girl with the deep voiceand the brown hair,you were perverseand you didn't know whatto do with all of yourboyish curiosity.But you were born a girl.Let's be girls togetherand discoverthe world.Promise?
renaissance salle de bainstoilet paper wants to make a hipster out of me.and all I can really do is translate what I see.DXM makes bubble boys look awfully sweet.I talked to Becky she thinks I'm fierce I think I'ma freak.I was in this exact place in 2006.everything whirred and swirledbut I was soberand she was all I had.I had art school;I had instructors;I don't think they realize half of their kids do drugs while I butter my bread and prepare my showI want to put my finger back into the pieI want to risethe toilet bowl wants to make a hipster out of memold my hair all artfully disheveledlock my locks in uninterrupted sanguine samsarabegone
MuladharaFeet to the cliff's edge,I push off slowlymy arms in formationI am the weight of the worldI drop like a stonewind rushes past megrazing my skin half likefantasies of kisseshalf like bulletsbreezing by.I'm only awake in dreams,when I feel the smackof the splashforce my skin back,nearly tearing it off;and it's okay because thisis only a figure of speech.With breath heldand senses muddled,I note that the skyis so manylightyears awayand I watch as waterrefracts wakinglife intoabstraction.Amidst this abstraction,I can spot one clear form-it descends steadilyfrom the surface:a lotusof ma
Culture Shockslackjawed touriststill can't pictureskyscrapers tallerthan mountains
Whimsyshe exerts more to chase butterfliesthan to dodge crimes of tardiness.
From Persephone to Demeter1."Persephone"'Ripe red fruit so bright'Think, Persephone, in yoursunless cave: Was it?2."The Challenge of the Mountains"Do not look afraidat the way the mountains stand-be as tall as them3."Rejuvenate"May's charming sway:lilt of chirping lilies pleato my forlorn heart4."Ripples"Sprightly did my soulpursue passion in ripples:rings of sanguine song5."The Birthing of Days"A spark, a sparkle,a flame, a fire, a blaze-the birthing of days6."Demeter"Demeter lies indaffodils on the crisp cusp:clifftops sing her name
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