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The waves were big and they kept coming. Stand, I thought. Swim just until you can stand and then, feet planted on the seabed, you'll be fine. Yet the sea seemed to sweep me back and lurch me forward. Yes, this shall be a new fear, a new nightmare in the coming years- the body…
I want to be a truth teller. I want a healthy planet. I want a lot of things.
It was 3pm at the communist funeral and the family poets were stepping up to the plate. I read my own tribute, a heartfelt and at times funny riff on the Marx Brother’s refrain hello I must be going. My cousin Dara read a poem he had written too. The refrain of his poem (we have…
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you don't need anyone else's to feel legit.
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I JUST WANT TO FEEL EVERYTHING
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On leaving one's city
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Departing from the WEST—Heading East <33
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a stream of consciousness from the knot in my chest.
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When you tell yourself no before even getting started, or you feed into the noise which surrounds you. You opt out of the project of becoming the…
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Claim your desires! don't let the bastards get you down! (Mistral Letter 3)
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Mistral Letter #2
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What a wild month June has been, but July is finally here and we will meet at last TODAY!
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