by the time this day ends
I've run out of prayers
but I've made an altar
there is also indifference
its easy caress like a hook
escaping edicts, their edits
dim redactions--it's official
it's artificial--how we are all
desperate as gossips--telling
and listening at the same time
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Pic: Store-bought chocolate cheesecake bites, store-bought valentine's day picks; assemblage 100% me. Max still doesn't know chocolate Valentine's Day treats are not for him--it's a good thing there are other treats he can have. Several long meetings today, but I somehow managed to power shop for our Post-Valentine's potluck tomorrow. We've already had some cancelations from long-distance friends due to the winter storm though... I think local friends will still be able to make it. Let's see.
14 comments:
I'm glad Max had other options. Those look adorable. I hear we're due for another round of heavy snow. This is getting old!
Wow, the renaming of the stonewall Memorial is chilling. I have a transgender family member so this all hits so close to home for us. They are so young (18) I worry about how they feel about the world that is trying to erase them.
Your Valentine’s Day treats look delicious! My husband got Dairy Queen treats for us after P’s basketball game.
Nice.
I'm weary of my own outrage. It's an endless and steady stream of cruelty and othering. I cannot even imagine how the groups he is marginalizing feel.
Your second stanza captures it neatly and almost perfectly.
(Max looks so piteous and sweet. I would make popcorn for him and him alone immediately!)
Hahaha Huck looks so cute in his little bandana! Those treats look yummy, I hope your potluck goes well.
So pretty. I hope people can make it through the storm.
The Stonewall thing is so strange in its selectivity. I wouldn't be surprised to see the whole thing taken down. I saw before and after screen shots of photos of Marsha Johnson on the website captioned "transgender woman" and "woman." Leaving woman there seems to go agains their whole argument. Maybe it was just automated, but still...
Jeanie, right?!?!?! It's like the old days when the snow would stay on the ground until the Spring thaw.
Your V-Day treats sound perfect, Lisa! I love when they're sweet but still relatively stress-free and not weighted down with all kinds of expectations. (We've never celebrated V-Day as a couple, only with kids.)
The last sentence in your first paragraph made me so sad. That's really it though. Even if they have supportive families and communities, trans youth must feel the immense stress of the moment.
Thanks!
Nance, I feel the same way ("weary of my own outrage")! I have to remind myself that I'm possibly being baited.
That popcorn is a great idea and only cements my suspicion that you are a soft touch around nonhuman friends. :)
Thanks, Nicole. It's from the groomer, and we've never had one that lasted so long (3+ weeks). At this point it's a science experiment :).
Steph, the before and after details you wrote about cheered me up a bit for some reason. These people have no idea what they're about... I can hope that their petty impulses will crumble before too long.
I love the idea of a potluck as well as some desserts for valentine's day. We had some target chocolates and YUM, I'm here for it ;)
Easy does it, right :)?
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