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Read more: CrushMy go-toMore soothing than chicken soupOr ice cream by the scoopIf poetry were a mountain I’d climb itChallenger Deep terrifying I’d dive itWater from a fire hose I’d drink itWhisper to me in the showerWhile organizing or vacuumingAny kind of cleaningCome to me in a dream or a nightmareUpon waking I would not careIf you…
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Read more: Enjoy the ViolenceOnce in a lifetime I’m riding with Depeche And my very naive teenage selfWith the talk of unnecessary words I consider the porosity of poetryThe ability to express To turn a phraseProtestMake the world a better placeUnspoken words are like violence And while I’d love to enjoy the silenceWith you, the quiet is in/tenseJubilant like…
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Read more: Over ThereFallin’ apart at the seams it seems and the iridescent image swims through a mirror that flows into the reflection of my behaviour so much so wanting to get across the road constantly but with this heavy heavy load like a tonne of terracotta tiles on my head structurally weak I’d rather stay home instead…
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Read more: No Safety NetRecently I fell out of a treeWhile on the groundI had a profound epiphanyIn and out of consciousnessI awoke on a high-flying trapezeWithout a harness or safety netSpeaking Cantonese(probably screaming, “Get me down please!”)But the Mandarin oranges didn’t get meHanging on cause I wanna liveI couldn’t sign, had no signals to giveThey left me and…
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Read more: When Following Jesus, Wear Running Shoes… So I said, I cannot oral sex you; I don’t like how you smell. If you want, I can give you a proper bath, but that’s an extra 100$ per square inch of skin. Plus you gotta pay me for the soap. — sex worker sam. For the next four or five days, I…
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Read more: Bumbling into the AbyssItching for a new friendOn BumbleI found Mariana TrenchShe invited me belowWe played in marine snowAfter learning what it wasI upchucked my lunchOk Mariana, I need to goI hear the shower callingPlus from my skinIt looks like something’s starting to growNext time, you come to mineWe’ll do something simpleLike go for a walk on cloud…
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Read more: Late-Stage Capitalism IIMoral obligationsCivic dutyUgh! So 70sExtinctLike dinosaurs and discoIf you want to teach Social infrastructure literacy You must talk with moneyBudgets Taxpayer utilityCost-benefit ratiosOtherwiseHomelessnessPoverty and inaccessibilityRemain personal failingsInstead of highlightingBroken systemsSometimes the thingsWe tell ourselves(and others too)Are categoricallyUntrue Photo by Claudia Raya on Unsplash © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.
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Read more: Late-Stage Capitalism IPhoto by Claudia Raya on Unsplash © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.
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Read more: CinderellasPhoto by Haroon Niaz on Unsplash © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.
