Category: Uncategorized
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Minor Inconvenience
The ceiling in my kitchen started leaking The person above must have a dishwasher, or something It doesn’t matter what The electricity shorted out as a result And now I’m writing in the dark On a busted laptop screen So I can’t check for mistakes And none of this matters…
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Forget Me
Landscaper, lawyer, loneliness Things are cascading around Feeling insignificant and directionless Petty for focusing on small grievances in the face of atrocities Foolish for not trying harder, for being upset about false advertising Drained, when I have no right to be At a loss for any words of value
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Exhausted
Dating D A T I N G I freaking hate it. My greatest regret as a queer woman is that I am attracted to men and that the way I have been socialized is to have a better understanding of how to attract a cishet man vs any other person…
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No Love Lost…
I refuse to harden to love It is a beautiful gift I adore love, through every pained and strained moment The warmth, the excitement, the satisfaction, the contentment Every risk in love is worth it The pain is fleeting, like the pleasure Platonic, romantic, familial…drown me in all of it…
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Gratitude
Building a community. Meeting friends for coffee. Feeling beautiful & desired. Having an abundance of choice. A supportive family. The privilege of freedom. The ability to pick & choose. A cozy home. I want to hold on to this. To remember how precious this contentment is
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Beyoncé
I wish I had the words to express my conflicted feelings. As I gain more understanding of inequity and reckon with the disgusting amass of wealth in such a small percentage of society, it is easy to channel my hatred towards them abstractly. & even concretely, in cases of billionaires,…
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No Home
I do not have a home, or a culture It was stolen from my ancestors Now I speak one colonizers tongue while I learn the language of another I wish I knew which ancestors to reach out to I wish I knew which lands were my own Instead, I wonder…
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Staying In
Am I wasting my time abroad if I stay inside so that I don’t spend money? I do go out when I have plans with friends, but I feel like I should be exploring the city solo. Unfortunately, that leads to me spending money, because I find so many random…
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Grief Should be a Process
Take your time I just got off the phone with a man whose mother passed away. We were speaking to one another because I had requested his services for an HVAC consultation last week and I was following up since I hadn’t received an estimate yet He shared that his…
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Don’t Touch My Hair
Recently, I traveled to Budapest, Hungary. I had been told by many that it was a totally rad place to visit and lots of fun. Unfortunately, I experienced racism while there, from being completely ignored by staff at restaurants, to being inappropriately touched and verbally assaulted. It was a rough…
Dimples on the Edge 