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The Windowshopper
A reflection on aesthetic attraction from an aspec (aromantic-asexual spectrum) lens. The shop’s lights Intrude on my Soliloquy to Evergreen shadows, its Mannequins marionettes Reanimating desire Sensually exposing Ceramics that Petrify me with Beauty, bodily Cacophony congealing Orgasmic overtureCrescendo coming -Apart, afterglowFlowing. Full, IWatch withoutHunger, hopeful forEntrancing encore. For more on how to live life… — read more
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A( )romance
They say: A( )romance is a hollowed, long-dead tree, a vacant hall in an abandoned house, a broken, washed-up shell on the beach, the fragmented memories of someone lost.I say: Romance hungers for the rainbow’s end, feasts on next fall’s harvest this spring, dreams of streams becoming one river, remembers the unwritten future in pastel.We… — read more
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Claw
Running in the woodsheart racingcracks in dirt outpacingfault lines tripping midstridesplit me opensend me hurtlingthrough earththrough myselfwith no landingonly binding ropetightens as i resist:scratch at the faultfeel only soft dirt crumble beneath my claws, not human after allonly borneonly wornonly wolfrelentless torturer embroiders buried fears of gone kin on tan skinsunlight can’t spare methoughts slip… — read more
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feral skin
beneath humanoid skinthrums, tectonic humsplayful aroo and yipvibrate my skeletalsoul, Taino fortold guide:Opiyel-Guobiránspirit dog of the deadno mangy chupacabragentle wolf chews entendrepyrrhic fog in my headgender diasporiapours euphoric, flowingfloral skirts imaginedlatine fem from an islandmango, coconut, hurricanelight tan skin restrainingmy sole skin rippling pondmeanings ripped from memale whiteness i never wanted”your” colonial mishearingunimagines heritageindefinitely detainsferal… — read more
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notes of catalpa
early Spring’s catalpa tree droops, yggdrasil branches rustling symphonic life notes from almost dead seed pods. shimmering crackles belie life within seed and tree; murder of crows’ jackal laughter prophesies birth, death recomposed. oracle tears mud slide down my cheeks ambiguous in their tan, speak of catalpa’s lush leaves, now buds, soon gender euphoric tree… — read more
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driftwood
smoldering in slumber, smokey tendrils, Darkness tear away my sleep again, unpossess fatigue, tantalize electric energy. heist complete, i steal from Twilight lost remains of me, the self beyond its shadow; me, the sublimate, ungripped i bursting cocoon. Despair’s gauzy fog and lidocaine embrace me, cleave my threads of thought with melancholy moonlight. i falter.… — read more
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Lost and Found
spring imbues in green ephemerals. the tree buds insist “i” as well unfurl, lay down scattered petals of mind, untie soul, spill out storm-wrecked self on tattered pages. caught in maelstroms, yesterday’s offspring, i clasp my namesake, badge of service, token lauding past year’s labor, herald ringing next year forth, and with it, acts of… — read more
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The Premature Burial
Breathing in, breathing out, she forever remains buried alive. My breath echoes her smothering, my once coerced complicity. We coauthored her extinction, tethered her remains to the past. We resurrected her, a living ghost of haunting estrangement. Our spell invoked performed worry, dashed dreams, whispered nightmares, mourning. We eulogized the living and buried the mad… — read more
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Brambles of Care
Luscious, lilting rose buds embrace, notes melodic rise, fall in tune. Comforting hugs unpause shutdown, unfold my origami heart. Thorns meander down the rose stem, fanged embrace, protection loving. Holding a rose requires care, gentle, trusting cartography. — read more
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Buried in Liminality
Entombed, trapped in body, this mind – not mine? – claws for escape. Noises, voices shackle me with numb detachment. Void mind, now buffeted by time, fleeting thoughts both alive and dead – Jarred out of my coerced reverie, I cling tight to the footholds of your question. Lucid, loosened lips speak – no, mimic… — read more