the skin & the seed

hi I'm erica, I'm obsessed with contradictions and tasty flavor combos

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pluck

this morning, i pluck a long thin eyebrow hair

the root felt deeper than i’d expected

and for a good reason

this unexpected ache held the door open

for me to be present in the act of plucking

a little longer

i felt a ghost rear its head

- when i’d “touched up” before my birthday outing (feeling: insecurity)

- when my father said a 3 year old girl looked like a boy - criticized even before the child can understand gender performance

- when i was corrected for playfully, affectionately calling my dad a “flower”

policing of gender

happens to us, and teaches us

how to inflict ourselves

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Wilderness

at once brutal and pure

merciless and nurturing

she is free

and fiction

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you define what femininity//masculinity is

reminders against the patriarchy

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I am the tree tending perpetually to its branches, one at a time

Blooming, shedding, peeling

Growing forever in one place

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view from work. terrible isn't it?

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Just a regular ol apricot with a PEANUT BUTTER SEED Ur welcome plz try and review

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my level of disorientation at any given moment

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sometimes I let my thoughts drift and morph, without grasping or adding weight to them. these are the most peaceful times