brought a pen to a knife fight

(and yet―)

[apoetandawildfire]

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[spring2000]

i hope you become the most authentic expression of yourself as an act of rebellion

[feral-ballad]

Shon Faye, from Love in Exile

[feral-ballad]

Since childhood, I have existed with a profound sense of longing, a longing that I construe to mean that I am somehow predestined to loneliness. When such a chronic sense of brokenheartedness finds itself honored in the unfulfilled promises of a lover, all that is left is the humiliating confirmation that one’s deepest fears are indeed warranted. I was right to be suspicious. It was too good to be true.

Shon Faye, from Love in Exile

[weltenwellen]

Mary Oliver, from “Green, Green is My Sister's House”, A Thousand Mornings

[dacuala]

why is trespassing not allowed. like i just want to look

[tothechaos]

we need to find the beating heart of The Job Market and we need to plunge a holy gleaming blade into it. its the only way to be free

[leonardhq]

Jeffrey Gibson (Cherokee/Choctaw), American Girl, 2013,  Found punching bag, wool blanket, glass beads, steel studs, artificial sinew, tin jingles and chain, 43 x 16 x 16", 

Leonard HQ

[mads-schubert]

Part 01 in my weekly poster series for 2026

[kosmogrl]

I will get my spark back no matter how long it takes

[immuno-deactivated20240319]

it’s because you’re always in that damn hole that resembles the grave but isn’t

[feral-ballad]

Kim Addonizio, from Wild Nights: New & Selected Poems; “Penis Blues”

[stallation]

Klaus Weber

Sand Fountain, 2012

[feral-ballad]

i wish i could restart my entire nervous system. make a brand new nervous system from scratch

[inkskinned]

mom can you come get me things are getting bad again and i feel every insult like a sharp tooth and i feel my dreams rotting under my fingernails and i feel too much all the time or else i feel nothing at all and it doesn’t seem to matter if i drink and dance and party or if i stay at home curled up to study

mom are you sure when i was born i was a person and not just a vortex. always hungry. always swallowing. no matter how much goes in me i always end up empty.

[visit-ba-sing-se]

I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle and it hurts but some pain is normal, right? Everyone says it's supposed to be hard. It is a marathon after all. I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle but honestly it could be worse, right? I heard someone once finished with a broken leg. The ankle is nothing compared to that. I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle but you can get used to pain, right? The body can endure almost anything. The problem is always the mind. I am running a marathon with a twisted ankle but I made it this far, that means I can keep going, right? Everyone says it's supposed to be hard. It is a marathon after all.

[feral-ballad]

Lidia Yuknavitch, from Reading the Waves: A Memoir