January 2009
11 posts
“Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine. Jiggling your knees blankeyed in the...”
– alan ginsberg
Of Late : George Starbuck →
Poetry Slam : Favorite Poems
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who...”
– j.d salinger
icarus
Do I take the chance and leap? What if I find I cannot fly after all? Or what if I fly too close to the sun and melt my wings?
open letter
I am better than fine, and then I am not, suddenly.
I am defiantly okay, because I was so used to you protecting me and loving me for my vulnerability and for standing in between me and the world when I couldn’t stand on my own. I am defiantly okay because when I was with you I thought I couldn’t take care of myself. And now, I have to prove to you that I can, because I won’t...
vegan cookies
A little to say, every day.
Except I’m finding that I don’t really have much to say at all. Life just rolls and rolls and accumulates, and I can’t seem to cut my losses.
But, it’s sunny out, I think I’ll take a walk, and see the bright side for a little while.
the golden rule
I don’t want to be the sort of person who sits around and gossips but it’s hard for me not to when everyone else is, and it makes me mad at myself. I don’t want to be the sort of person who takes pleasure at another’s expense, and yet I find myself making fun of people and gossiping. A lot. I don’t want to be that person. Everyone has a right to live happily,...
a voice is a voice is a voice
… no matter how often you fail to use it.
So maybe I’ll just say, something, anything, every day. It was my new year’s resolution to write something, everyday, no matter how much I didn’t want to, or how mundane it turned out. I think I lasted three days. But that was in a regular ink & paper sort of journal, the kind that makes you compelled to write things like,...
