Monday, December 04, 2017
Sunday, December 03, 2017
Atwitter
things i do not say
are prisoners
they plot revolution
in whispers
and invitations
in shadows
they talk quietly
amongst themselves
their questions long
their answers looks
asking--are you thinking
-- what are you thinking
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are prisoners
they plot revolution
in whispers
and invitations
in shadows
they talk quietly
amongst themselves
their questions long
their answers looks
asking--are you thinking
-- what are you thinking
_
Friday, December 01, 2017
Dream
I remember you sleeping
even if I was sleeping too
Same with the puppies
same with the babies
same with begging
mountains to move
same with begging
the earth to open
same with the ice
looking down on me
from the air
and the glass up there
my silence and softness
growing plump like fruit
_
even if I was sleeping too
Same with the puppies
same with the babies
same with begging
mountains to move
same with begging
the earth to open
same with the ice
looking down on me
from the air
and the glass up there
my silence and softness
growing plump like fruit
_
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
In Theory
What will winter do to us?
Will we continue even as
the outside plants are killed
by remorseful white skin
growing where nothing else will?
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Will we continue even as
the outside plants are killed
by remorseful white skin
growing where nothing else will?
_
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Monday, November 27, 2017
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Post-Holiday Sadness
It doesn't get any easier dropping At off at college. I keep thinking it might be easier if he took the bus, but that last hour of talking and joking and listening to him DJ on the car stereo becomes too tempting at the last moment.
Also today (in the library) someone told me that they were abandoned by their mom when they were eight.
Also today (in the grocery store) someone told me that they were trying to come out to their friends and family.
I'm kind of exhausted.
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Also today (in the library) someone told me that they were abandoned by their mom when they were eight.
Also today (in the grocery store) someone told me that they were trying to come out to their friends and family.
I'm kind of exhausted.
_
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Fine
flashes of light
insistent, slash
the rear view mirror
tired, I look
for the cop car
speed-limit reminder
but all I can see,
washing over me,
is sunset through the trees
_
Thursday, November 09, 2017
Imprint
I am the serotinal student
clasping ideas between breaths
clamping lips around knowledge
i touch a thousand books
i read them all
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clasping ideas between breaths
clamping lips around knowledge
i touch a thousand books
i read them all
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Monday, October 23, 2017
The World Turned Upside Down
Until we saw Hamilton last year in Chicago--I hadn't really paid a lot of attention to the phenomenon. I *loved* the rap form, the function of the cast, was happy for Miranda's MacArthur Genius award... and all of that. But I was afraid that it would be a bunch of bad rhymes or some twee hagiography. So the show was such a pleasure and a relief. And now we just can't stop listening to the soundtrack all the time.
I was looking for tickets to the touring company at the Wharton Center and they seem to have very little information. It's almost funny, so that's not the reason I was in tears to "It's Quiet Uptown" after I dropped At off at college this morning.
It was tough coming home to an empty house after such a crowded weekend. The crappy weather and the drippy roof aren't helping.
_
I was looking for tickets to the touring company at the Wharton Center and they seem to have very little information. It's almost funny, so that's not the reason I was in tears to "It's Quiet Uptown" after I dropped At off at college this morning.
It was tough coming home to an empty house after such a crowded weekend. The crappy weather and the drippy roof aren't helping.
_
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Monday, October 16, 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Saturday, October 07, 2017
Friday, October 06, 2017
Thursday, October 05, 2017
Wednesday, October 04, 2017
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Saturday, August 26, 2017
College Kid
He's bunking with his best friends from school and so excited and ready for this.
Don't look at the crumpled up lunch napkins on the table in front of me...
I may have decided to get the crying over with over lunch
instead of at the opening convocation
so as to not terrify the other parents...
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Wednesday, August 09, 2017
Here and Now
It's past 2:00 a.m. and I'm about to try get some sleep for a string of errands and a coffee date with a binder sister (Z) in the morning.
It's just that I'm trying hard to eke out a few more minutes here because I just know that my dreams are going to be an apocalypse-themed torment. What with threats of "fire and fury as the world has never seen" and having read a bunch of climate change poetry for a new class prep.
If you're wondering about the best place to take cover in case of a nuclear fallout, I've got you covered.
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It's just that I'm trying hard to eke out a few more minutes here because I just know that my dreams are going to be an apocalypse-themed torment. What with threats of "fire and fury as the world has never seen" and having read a bunch of climate change poetry for a new class prep.
If you're wondering about the best place to take cover in case of a nuclear fallout, I've got you covered.
_
Wednesday, August 02, 2017
Tuesday, August 01, 2017
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Friday, July 14, 2017
Monday, July 03, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Monday, June 19, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Wednesday, June 07, 2017
Monday, June 05, 2017
Sunday, June 04, 2017
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Friday, May 26, 2017
Spring Spirit
This picture makes me smile because it's so green and lovely and all the kids are outside; it makes me chuckle because A is pretending that little NuNu is heavier than the-newly-18 At; it makes me laugh out because while Huck is all excitement and tail aflutter, Scout is crouching in the background just trying to poop.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Friday, May 12, 2017
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Friday, May 05, 2017
Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Friday, April 28, 2017
Monday, April 03, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Friday, March 24, 2017
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