"What's a soup kitchen?"-Paris Hilton "I get half a million just for showing up at parties. My life is like, really fun."-Paris Hilton "If it bleeds we kill it."-Arnold Schwarzenegger "People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader."- Steven Seagal Who compares to God? The rulers of this earth count for nothing.…Read more Christ Almighty
PTSD
Pry
Homesick for unopened boxes packed in a rush before the next storm would surely come Covering roads leading out, preferably, permanently south It's been cold here too long Like their hair in old pictures I didn't mind the recurring memory of him pushing her head through the wall until hearing confirmation that it hadn't been…Read more Pry
Nothing Personal
Distinguished 'experts' have written all kinds of books telling us how bad we are. They describe, in graphic detail, all the things we do wrong; how we're mean, selfish, sad, greedy, pathological, doomed failures. Some use humor in sarcastic attempts to help us laugh at our hurtful habits or choices we make that, in thier…Read more Nothing Personal
Be Ok
When your reality's already been a scary place and bad things are happening in the world, it can feel overwhelming. It's hard to hear news about suffering and tragedy when you might be worried about your job, what you have to feed your kids tonight, if the landlord will raise rent again or how much…Read more Be Ok
Will in Time
"I'm here." - Miss Celie I wasn't ready. While I'd eventually inherit my mother's tendency towards being chronically late, this was not a result of that. We're never prepared for the moment an organ decides to malfunction. Thankfully life goes on without an appendix. Apparently we'd once used it to digest rubble. Harvest boxes are…Read more Will in Time
Joy De’spite
Jaune ballon In spite of me Crooked crook Being Disjointed joined the day Seized in confining Paralysis A permanently paused life We wanted to count two Beyond limitations To taste life, like you To touch life, like you Walking, talking, living Free The unintended rebellion Jaune ballon Perched on the warm breeze towards a heaven…Read more Joy De’spite
Go Fish
'Last night I told a stranger all about you. They smiled patiently with disbelief. I always knew you would succeed no matter what you tried and I know you did it all in spite of me.'-Cure for Pain My mother was raised Catholic. My father, a self-proclaimed atheist, began fishing when he was 9. They…Read more Go Fish
