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Albi

I’m a queer-for-short Black American who is doing their best.

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Janelle? Inspiring Me? But of course.

But seriously, I've been riding that high since I saw her in concert. ...maybe I should write about that. Meanwhile, a poem. floating, almost I want to feel that again, The wonderful ache in my heart To mirror floating through water Into a dream of not-home-anymore But you

aw fuck it's October again

This still counts if I post it on the very last day of October. Happy Halloween. I was hesitant to post this. Depression is a bitch. Whether it's pure coincidence, metaphysical weirdness, brain chemistry, or yet another example of my moral failings, the roughest time of the year

Beach

CONTENT WARNING: death, death mention This weekend, I saw someone die on the shore. The asterisk: it was very likely they died on the shore. But I hope they didn't. I was distracted-- trying not to lose the hat I borrowed-- when my partner noted a crowd gathering

Mountain Lights

We rest, but still worry how To live in the mountain, How to carve the walls thick enough And climb up, inside-- stone-made steps. We got here from following our mother's torches Illuminating novellas. Old tales, probably impossible, Of industrial gods defeated Yet the earth mourns-- still metal,

Nostalgia? Old Internet?

I've had not much to blog about, other than the vague yearning to fill up a page with little old-school gifs and stamps. I've also been craving to create and I've made good on that craving, beyond poetry. There's VTubing and taking

What Happened To...?

A part of me still daydreams Of what could have happened to you If you kept music theory and frequented the stage, The audience of mismatched furniture and beer, Not discovered, but to just be known. You used to be so beautiful, two things, raw Not made for me but

:P

So anyway. I love being silly. There is no intro paragraph and I'm not gonna hit you with the Thesis/Main Idea and Three Reasons Why. I'm not going to drag this out with citations and lengthy examples (okay, maybe some examples). I'm just

My Hysterectomy Story!!

A lot of folx have been asking me about the procedure, as well as what made me finalize my decision. I've written about the latter in detail already (and will link here), so I will focus on the day of. But in short, I decided to do this

It's About Time (I Got A Hysterectomy)

As of typing this entry out Roe v. Wade had been overturned. Many states have tightened their laws around reproductive health and anti-trans rhetoric has been going through the USA like wildfire. I would like to put a call to action here to SUPPORT YOUR NATIONAL AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS and

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