I break the trail with an ice pick of panic winter is removal after all and carry on as if I don't care I don't want anyone to see I care
as it grows dark with unwritten books the ink shrinks into ripples of edict after cruel edict they've called this chaos
shock and awe rising to the center into centuries the injury piercing the moment everything swelling out of reach I witness what is made--
--for other people watch it come for me I wait as the wind loses its way and wake to the wound through which the poem comes
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Pic: Max dares me to chase him on the icy snow. Look at his lope, he looks so lupine!
Pic: Max dares me to chase him on the icy snow. Look at his lope, he looks so lupine!
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I like visual of us as a group of people with ice pics trying to slowly chip away at what is happening!
I’m reading this next to my boys and showed them the picture of your sweet doggy! I wish you could hear their ‘aaaaawww’s!!!
I like the tone and mood of this so much, maya. It captures the anxiety and breathlessness we all feel--watching what comes for us, yes.
Max, the wild wolf! LOL
Beautiful, Maya! I had a boss once who used the term "let's chip away at it" when we had a big position he wanted to reverse. I've always loved the thought of chipping away/ one step forward/ drops in the bucket add up.
Cute
Hello, Maya. We have a mutual blogging friend -- Lisa -- and she said you are from Lansing, too! So am I! So of course I had to come by. I appreciated your post on Noah's article and love how beautifully you expressed what I think so many of us are feeling in your words today. (And the photo is great!) We are all holding our breath, trying to determine what we can/must do. It's a pleasure to "meet" you. (Jeanie from Marmelade Gypsy)
Beautiful poem.
Such an eloquent way to put it. Every morning I read about the next string of cruel edicts and then I spend the day trying to process and decide how to proceed.
I love it when kids go "‘aaaaawww" because they are extra ‘aaaaawww" when they do that! Thanks for the intro to Jeanie, Lisa!
Max is such a bright space, Nance. And thank you, I want to write something beautiful--but the timing is off.
Thank you, Nicole. I like that mantra!
Thanks, Gillian!
Jeanie! I'm so delighted to "meet" you! Thank you for your kind words. I've been exploring your space and loved your U.K. updates and use of "chuffed" :). I plan to be in touch via your wkar email, I hope that's ok.
Thank you, Jenny!
They're saying to focus on one or two things and work on that because reading everything they put out is bonkers... But that is easier said than done! I'm such a doomscroller! I hope you're doing better than I am! XO
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