I had the most lovely Christmas holiday, I must say.  While it is a religious and spiritual reflection for most, the word "atheist" came up quite a few times amongst my relatives and friends.  Some of my favorite people, it seems, do not believe in God.  What a relief!  To be celebrating such a holiday without faith in its origins.  After all, we ( Read more... )

I am 80's girl
I grew up in the decade
where big belts and wide stripes 
were all the rage
and sometimes by default, 
my hair does funny things
it puffs and falls in side parts, 
frames my face in swooping rings
I am 80's girl
it's not that  i'm proud
i just can't change the decade 
that was etched beneath my brow
Yes, I am 80's girl
From the off-the-shoulder ( Read more... )

I brushed my teeth with retin-A ( Read more... )

 "Rudy Doesn't Have My Vote Guliani".  The inverviewee laughed through the radio speakers.  What, he was asked, did he think of Rudy's rooting for the Red Sox in the world series?  The chewed up stretch of the Expressway jostled the old Nissan through the broadcast, tuned in specifically for the traffic report.  Inevitably we must sort through non- ( Read more... )

It's been so long since i've signed onto Livejournal.  I almost channelled the urge of writing a new entry into starting a completely new blog. BAby entries, a fresh alias, a life with no history, only a future of limitless direction. Yet I act like an infant brand spanking new to the world, sticking to the parents chosen by fate.   Here I am, ( Read more... )

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robbed my last hope, stole the embers

pour black paint over the room
drawer the curtains
cover the mirrors
light a candle
pour more black paint over the room
mourn the unborn

drape your body in dark cloth
look through fine thread lace
turn the headlights on
drive
drive
drive
a lonely procession
with no destination
there is no grave for what never was
mourn the

What's up with this wait for marraige before you have sex stuff? Worse yet, many of these people are against using protection, most importantly condoms ( Read more... )