pickWOW. What a stunning collection of poetry. Themes include fleeting moments of connection, bisexual dating & crushes, drug / alcohol use & addiction, music, depression, and the humanity of people dehumanized by society. Often sad, raw, but occasionally very funny, with beautiful unique imagery.
"I love them
broken and beaten badly,
pock-marked and toothless,
spent and riddled with rue.
I love them motherless
and taunted. Violent
and entitled."
#Riotgrams Day 2: #CurrentlyReading two very different books: poetry collection by queer woman of color poet Rani Rivera (gorgeous, funny, sad) and #BtVS season 10, vol 1, which I am really liking because a) most of the gang (including Giles!!) is back together and b) there's a different artist and she's way better than the previous one(s).
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"WHERE I LIVE"
I'm in love with Isabelle Huppert
but she doesn't know it yet.
She's oblivious to the fact that I can't pull off
peg-legged trousers
and can't for the life of me
sway saucer-eyed and wistful
to hybrid jazz-rock and transatlantic funk.
As much as I purse my lips
around clove-tipped cigarettes
with lovelorn determination,
my sleight of hand reveals
a predilection towards stout British beer
and whisky-eyed girls.
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'I have scars,' she said. And I
looked at her, disbelieving.
This thing.
She lies in the comfort of train wrecks
and the company of men. I'm sure.
This minx.
Offers up valium
and dances, uproariously.
I look at her eyes
and they say nothing,
obviously.
I think them empty like mine.
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