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Read more: ReprieveThese old ways find meExceptional tracking abilityThey know when to draw nearMy defences they impairIt seems that Neil was rightBreaking up is hard to doBut I… don’t want to make up with youThis is where we part ways At least for the next few hoursIf I’m lucky, a couple of days Image by Gerd Altmann…
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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.
