i watch them with reverence, the way they float and flicker, pearl white specks in a sea of black and i am jealous of the way they light the night i have always been more shadow than shooting star #poetry

A meadow of scars that healed and bloomed.

If anyone needs me I’ll be over here existing somewhere between “we really need to be smarter with our money” and “but I’m way too stressed to cook so let’s order in”

In June, officials at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved a live copy of the Social Security Administration’s Numerical Identification System (NUMIDENT) into a cloud environment “without any independent security or oversight mechanisms in place,”

The messaging from this administration has the same vibe as a cross set ablaze in someone’s front yard. It’s about communicating menace and instilling terror, the opposite of what the government of a free and democratic society should be doing.

we burn through dark nights until every last shadow knows our name

shattered souls and origami hearts safely stored in crepe cages but when daylight dies and the night-moon shakes, those fragile bars will crack setting shadows free

saturn rings grip an arctic heart milk-bone teeth gnash the night a weight is tied tight to your haunted eyes and i watch you slip between the hands of grace fall below the holy surface sink into shadows that rise like waves there is no saving those who only dream of drowning

excuse me, but do I look like I give a shit? well, you're damn right I do. make sure you're eating, hydrating, resting, taking your motherfucking meds, and looking out for your best interests in the spirit of your health and well-being and fuck anyone who dares derail your path to joy

If you can't ask the question, then that side is extreme. Pendulum swingers. Fragile logic. Asking is the most compassionate thing we can do in a imploding society. Everyone thinks they know. Asking requires listening and exchanging. The best questions are uncomfortable to answer but crucial to ask.

whisper then to me if ever you see your most beloved shade of green... #haiku #mysticpoetry

No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.

Oh, the 90s are back? Are they? You posers, I haven’t seen one of you wearing a long sleeved shirt under a short sleeved shirt OR chunky black buckle pilgrim shoes OR feeling good about the future so

Some days I feel like somebody is out there playing the game of life with the dice from Jumanji

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the same dark dream drifts once more through the mind

after the rain falls, somewhere beyond the breath of earth, light dances like a dream and we enjoy the quiet it brings the petrichor laced with peace

we write it away — the love, the scorn, the ache, all the things that keep us from sleeping we spill our secrets in ink so that we can dream

springtime breathes iridescent air. i call you march and pick the straw from your hair. you smell like cantelope and currants. like light. and i wonder what it’s like to be wrapped in all that warmth.

She plants a flower for every bruise, a tree for every scar.

The importance of getting lost in a garden to escape…

Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.

Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes. Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

To them every part of government - even Social Security - is just a source of enrichment for their billionaire friends. "Privatizing" Social Security is just about getting Wall Street a bunch of fees to manage money.

You know in the lord of the rings when Pippin looks into the seeing stone and feels the eye of Sauron gazing back at him? That’s what I feel like every time I see some breaking news on my phone

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once, this place ignited poetry in my veins. but now all my words taste like ashes.

I would love to say I’m a mossy dark faerie. But in reality, I’m a murky old bog.

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

Sick and tired of these shifting weather patterns, like if the day starts sunny it needs to STAY sunny and if it starts gloomy it needs to STAY gloomy, I can’t be expected to just migrate all willy nilly between different mood paradigms like this, I’m just not built for it

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you called me a glutton for punishment. so i found the point of no return and crossed it. no deviation from the path. straight to the bridge for the midnight burning.

The music in the distance is of my own making.

Oh how diving into our roots boosts us to evolve.

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“I asked Grok.” “I asked Chat.” I didn’t ask anyone because I grew up without screens and reading encyclopedias was our sole source of entertainment. Now I’m a living compendium of useless knowledge and for the next twenty minutes we are going on an adventure of learning, Brian.

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ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

'“Public servants should earn the votes of the people that they hope to represent. What Republicans are trying to do in Texas is to have politicians choose their voters,” Jeffries told reporters.' apnews.com/article/trum...

The Senate is about to vote on a sweeping cuts package that would gut funding for public broadcasting, global health, and foreign aid. That means local NPR and PBS stations are once again on the chopping block.

150%.

Sinking to the bottom of the blue

a sentient sea of skeletons and secrets

People with hearts and souls are having a pretty hard time right now.

pretty weird how there's always billion dollars just lying around whenever ICE needs concentration camps but there's never any money when children need healthcare or a simple school lunch. oh well just one of those things I guess

Say what you need to say. Even if no one wants to hear it.