We’ll See
There was an announcement today. A publicized execution. And all that it means for this country and its people. Then I did it again. Watched too many Facebook reels, followed the rabbit hole into the fear too big for heart…
Tag joy
A Clearing of My Own
Last night I dreamed of rooms—
none of them mine.
Woke up in the static hum
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Pleasure is Revolutionary
I once heard a friend loosely quote William Burroughs: “If, after spending an hour with someone, you feel like you’ve lost a pint of blood, they are a succubus. Run.” Make no mistake, this president-elect is that. Like all narcissists,…
Good Morning, Sunshine!
Every morning, without fail,
she put her depression and the misery of her marriage
in the broken dryer that stood in the kitchen
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An Ode to Avocados
Thank you avocados,
for saving my dry ass meat since I have no idea how to cook.
Like the fat juicy softness of mangos,
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Six Surgeries, a Dying Friend, and a Divorce: What Gratitude Actually Did
We are biologically predisposed to notice what’s wrong, to look for the negative as a means of preparing for it. It’s an ingrained survival skill which has become overdeveloped, particularly in the Western culture in which we live. I mean,…
Why We Swallow Our Kind Words
Often in my work with adults, I help them to reclaim some of the characteristics that were lost from childhood: the capacity to play with abandon, to be completely engaged in the present moment, to not care what others think…
Don’t Take Life Too Seriously
The phrase “Don’t Take Life Too Seriously. Nobody Gets Out Alive Anyway” is a funny little adage that speaks to an important practical and spiritual lesson. It belongs to Elbert Hubbard, who put it better in 1900: “Please do not…
The Rain
Come over
let’s go out and play in the rain
we’ll put on our old sneakers
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Awakening
rising full height shoulders
back
head high
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