“…envisions a world where justice relies on respect and revolutionary love.”

“pieces of boy, some soft, some hard as knotty pine…”

“You can’t be a revolutionary without educating yourself”

“Maybe all anchors are afraid of drowning”

“…I no longer hold that delusional excuse for inaction.”

“…connected to nature, ancestors, and the mystical dream realm.”

“Spend your days under watch for unseen eyes”

“My mind was wild. I told myself I just didn’t care about anything.”

“he complex glory of being wrong and learning from it”

“This Big D. Not the dick. The divorce.”

“We have to centralize those that are most marginalized in our struggles.”

“It can take a lifetime to shed the wounds of our teenage selves.”

“the water-washed iron of the sky
glittering with pride”

“I imagine myself swaddled once again in cozy thick fabrics in front of a fireplace”

“I hadn’t danced so hard or sweat so much or laughed so loud.”

“Maybe I should cut her hair while she’s sleeping.”

“Invisible Forties… Disappearing is not an option.”

“My grandma had it too; snake-fear”

“we burned oil drums & brought the sun
in closer. we watched the sea spill”

“someone or something I love is separated from me”