I just trimmed a tree with itty bitty garden shears. I feel pretty fucking tough right now.

"I stuffed my mouth with delicious love names they called me."
-Judith Moore

Goodbye father, goodbye.

Father is on life support.

Goodbye stepdad, goodbye.

I really love having cornrows. I like the way my hands feel running over my hair. I like the way breezes tickle my scalp. I like noting the neat geometry when I pass panes of glass. I especially like being able to be ready without attending to hair arrangement. If only my love were so charmed by them. Heh.


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"But in half-dreams that shift and roll
And still remember and forget,
My soul this hour has drawn your soul
A little nearer yet."

-Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Today I was thinking that the intertextuality of hip hop is a big part of the draw for me. It's true for poetry, too. Yes.

"If I don't like my life, I gut it and and rebuild it. Fuck it, keep nothin' but G-d and my children."

Catch the Fresh Air Tour. It's fucking hot!