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LJI:W5 My enemies are all too familiar. They're the ones who used to call me friend
Years ago,
I wandered the halls of high school
Through the gates of social media
Remembering the days of
Loneliness and bullying
Because I was different
I didn’t follow pop culture
I didn’t follow fashion trends
I didn’t follow the rules for girls
I looked in on those
Now grown women
Remembered as tormentors
They were never my friends
I came to ( Read more... ) -
LJI:W3 Everything looks like a nail
I spent my childhood
in a binary world of zeros and ones
where the black and white rules
of targets and tools
distinguished the daughters from sons.
In my adulthood
I learned to count in other numbers
see the colors of context and phrase
and welcome the ways
individuality unencumbers.
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LJI:W2 Living rent-free in my head
When I lay me down to sleep,
then my demons start to creep.
They fill my head with dismal thoughts
and torture me with mental knots.
They persecute me, and enslave;
Denying me the rest I crave.
Conversations never made,
All the debts that are unpaid,
Arguments that can’t be won,
Plans and plots that are undone.
Hopes and ( Read more... ) -
LJI:W1 Resolution
I remember
when I was a child
my difficult days deciding whether
to finally finish reading a book,
to find a new solution to a drainage engineering problem,
to scale the willow tree out over the marsh,
to sketch the migratory birds below me, or
some other random act of playfulness
would fill my weekends.
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LJI:W0
Good morning, class. Unfortunately, Mrs. ver Batim is feeling a little under the weather today. We hope it’s nothing serious. I will be your substitute teacher, (carefully writing in cursive on the board) Ms. Spydie.
You are going to spend today sitting quietly at your desks, reading. I am going to spend my day not regretting all my life choices ( Read more... ) -
LJIX:07 Where I'm coming from
I did not come ( Read more... ) -
LJIX:06 Turn Heel
Dear DJT Supporters,
Today is your day for celebration. I understand that. I also understand that for some of you, it is difficult to comprehend why so many of us non-supporters feel that today's events mark a turning point in American history that will negatively affect many, if not all, citizens of this country, as well as those in and from other ( Read more... ) -
LJIX:03 "Brushback Pitch"
“Chin Music” (sung to “Let It Go ( Read more... )
