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I DRUTHER JUST SAY HI TO THE CAMERA I’m with Sibyl on that one. Starchy and Max Q. Kierra Lyon (¡Ay, qué chula!). And June/Auntie June. When grasshopper eggs hatch, retinas detach, Little snakes skip ditch obedience school. That’s just the way it go. U Pay 4 phenology. I personally the last time
THE MAGIC It was either Oscar Peterson talking about another musician, or another musician talking about Oscar Peterson, but they said the artistry and magic of his musicianship was that “he could make you believe you heard something he didn’t play.” Similarly, Michel Foucault regarding the paintings of Rene Magritte: “I cannot dismiss the notion
STANDING IN MY STIRRUPS As my meeting needs evolve. I’M SO SORE Like my shoulders. After every yoga. VULNERABILITY I’m pretty Sure I did. I know I hope so. HAWK Grab and go. IT’S OFFICIAL You’re preapproved! BEE-ATTITUDE I hope to be at 25
IT’S A FRIGGING NIGHTMARE And try getting into hell without an appointment these days. With the rich jumping the line. When they’re not stealing your vaccines. Try and angulate with no alecktricity Avrything’s a mess. Not even Jesus would forgive what they do. And then you can’t get hold of them Because
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She says they always ask that On the intake questionnaire, They call it ideating. She says she always circles No. I’m not going to tell them. I’m no therapist, but I’m not alarmed. I ideate all the time, and I’m still alive. Plus, they’re not really worried about your ideation Their concern is have
SISTA Steam frolicking around a Sista’s Homemade vegan cannabis infused Blueberry muffin, guaranteed to pick you up early. Add a slather of Sista’s cannabutter (Sista’s so extra about everything) It’ll keep you out past curfew. Anything is possible. Sista fucking loves what she does. She’s the Tom Brady of muffins. YOLANDA
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At the park Inchoate team Volleyballistas Black girls, brown girls, white girls Being coached Doing drills On a warm southern California winter day after school. As yester-eve faded into yester-night Totally tagged and bedight Jupiter keeping an eye on its moons With stars like honoraria Each sold separately Constellations like Compounding pharmacists. © 2021
SALAD LADY They shut down the fish and chips. They shut down the pie place. They’re going to have to start doing something here. On Thanksgiving I’m being messaged By an unclaimed frozen turkey In a church basement freezer. And the next day I get a text, And it says “Salad Lady.”
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This is my latest book, and is now available. Some of the material originally appeared right here in Head Light, part of Write Up The Road Media.