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Thursday, April 5, 2018

triptych temperature


Here's three pieces that pretty much sum up where my writing, and therefore: my head, has been lately.

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Whether I follow a religion or just
observe these rituals as ways we seek Truth:
I am okay with that space.
I believe in a god-force. She- if I had to label a gender- is not
the wife of a nuclear family, silently vacuuming up our messes in her pearls.
She is active, moving, reeling through time and space.
She is Love embodied and Love unspoken. 
Omnicient, Omnipresent, Eternal, sure.
But She is not all-powerful.
She gave that up when She made this world
She gave that up when She gave us this earth
and the tools to destroy it.
She watches, She cries.

But She also handed me this aluminum can
filled me with fire,
and I’ll leave my rebel mark
graffiti colored Love
all over this broken down rock
and call it Beautiful.

love rebellion, or: Break the F*cking Rules
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I’m up to the ears—hairline— lord god I’m just fully underwater
with social media perfection
top-view portraits of world travelers’ brunch dates
hipster thick sliced toast, avocado roses
hashtag mimosas hashtag darlingweekend
soft pink and cream palettes and capsule wardrobes
air bnb wooden beam ceilings in mountains of Vermont
ivy covered doorways with baguettes
instagram mommas and instagram husbands,
babies and beach bods and growing up and isn’t it all
perfectly imperfect

holy mother of little baby lord jesus christ I need a break.
need to spend my time apart from Interminable Comparison 
to find out what is here, what is still here:
who is still here.
 
journey through Adult Assery

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what sorts of things wait in that adult darkness?
it’s not creepy crawlies or tentacles under the bed-
it’s running that red light by accident,
it’s frowning at cellulite after years of self help books
it’s when we talk about love and you don’t believe in it
it’s Darkness, and only Darkness
it’s money troubles, it’s finding time, it’s cancer.

If I could get myself out
alone,
I would.

 I'm scared too, but we'll make it 




love,
bek