when you pull up in front of their building, expect that they will immediately get out, shut the door behind them. there will be no words. prepare yourself for this, know it is going to hurt, know it's going to be heart-wrenching. know this so that you are not disappointed ( Read more... )

there's nothing like feeling totally beat down and desperate to make you want to come close(r) to your mother again.

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"Today the desire for justice is multitudinous. This is to say that struggles against injustice, struggles for survival, for self-respect, for human rights, should never be considered merely in terms of their immediate demands, their organizations, or their historical consequences. They cannot be reduced to 'movements.' A movement describes a mass ( Read more... )

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i just have so much desire.

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A few nights ago, I stayed up late peering into this fluorescent screen like it would save me. I sat there typing sentences, carving dark typeface into a too-white backdrop. Something I feel used to. What came out was an unfinished testament of my altar practice. I think it says a lot about me, about connection and truth. I decided that I wanted to ( Read more... )

another move on the horizon. my body knows it, though it's different this time. i'm moving from light yellow to paradise blue, though my body has encountered its redness. red, like the desert, like canyons, like night-temperature clay sunk into the earth ( Read more... )