my mom thought kitchen table poly was “one person doing the cooking and another doing the cleaning up” and I was like, yeah more or less

In Mahmoud Khalil's letter from ICE detention in Louisiana, he cites Japanese American incarceration and Mitsuye Endo, who was incarcerated in the Tule Lake concentration camp, and whose case before the Supreme Court led to the closing of the camps. Read his letter here: t.ly/A04cc

this is going to be sick !

is it flirting or gender euphoria when the t-boys admire your handcrafted nips

we’re very excited to offer our first class TRANS POETICS taught by our very own @kingaubrey.bsky.social sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

overheard: “wow, it must’ve been so jarring to find out your mom was left-handed”

first bike ride since surgery :)

I’m doing poetic research* *watching every episode of drag race with gottmik

I love that I was born on trans day of visibility

Douglas Kearney

the unsanctioned trans day of visibility fest at compton’s cafeteria was lovely 🏳️‍⚧️

got to watch no other land, the palestinian documentary that’s been banned from screening, where one of the directors was abducted and tortured by idf

I love buying me and my hairdresser a little gay iced bevvy

tw transphobia but I’m kinda loving this chapter that asks, are they gay or were they a japanese soldier in a past life

all day internet outage on the day I’m supposed to go back to work… universe said, rest more bitch

get into it

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, baby

recovery is getting old, I can tell you that much. it took me two hours to unload groceries lol

finally reading darryl 🌟

… never to mean: space, the terror of the unimaginably empty and endless, distance stars, for example, not to mention the core-fires of the galaxy, so we cellular brushfires can burn cool in a way-off arm: there is truly only meaning, only meaning, meanings, so many meanings… Ammons

grateful to host ˗ˏˋ ´ˎ˗ Angel Dominguez Tongo Eisen-Martin Shiva Mishek Madeline Rose sat, march 15 6 pm doors, 6:30 pm reading @ 86 Toast! 1621 san pablo ave, berkeley the cafe will have coffee, tea, and wine available for purchase. donations to the artists appreciated. see you there ~🪟~

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I’m trying to go into a depression but none of my friends will let me

shouldn’t have watched the substance the day I got my bandages off

wait maybe bluesky is my appetizer account. definitely not dessert

I have to miss choir rehearsal 😭

acetaminophen morning, oxy evening

Amiri Baraka

having people take care of me is actually really nice and less uncomfortable than I thought it’d be. it’s kind of like a low-stakes hang where maybe we do some chores, go on a walk, and watch tv. more of this, less of spend a lot of money at restaurant + go to event where we can’t talk

I hate to sound out of touch, but there is so much love and beauty in the world. I’m grateful to be here.

asked the tarot what I needed to bring to surgery

can’t stop listening to CHER

I can’t wait to be aerodynamic

me sending out the manuscript

watching top surgery yt and am so grateful to the folks who film their entire lives for the internet… but man are they insufferable

another read recently

honey in the morning, bees in the afternoon

the thing is, shouting into the void is my favorite mode

wow there was no one in the grocery store on a sunday for once! no idea why and protecting my peace

sad to finish this, should be illegal for a dead man to be this funny

the new poetry bar in north beach. why did no one tell me

I saw a bumper sticker that said live laugh love laraaji

My microchap—the photo I don’t write about—is here! Available from Tilted House www.tiltedhouse.org/shop/the-pho...

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