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Poem #809

little beetle
battles the wind
and the sand
to climb
a grit mountain
only to discover
a bubbling summit crater
at the top

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Poem #808

existence
is tiring

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Poem #795 – everything’s alright

my burning ship sails into the harbor
the flames stand taller than the mast
but I slip into a slip without a blip.
once tied off, I stroll across the dock to dry land
firefighters haul their heavy hose past me
fast paces and serious faces, I don’t know where the race is

Poem #794 – why I dream of them only after they were gone

I neither flick nor otherwise attempt destruction
of the tiny flea that jumps onto my arm
a “good” person doesn’t fuss over trivial matters

it harvests my blood,
not nearly enough to suck me dry,
I itch for a week.

I am angry.
it’s not the blood I miss
it’s the bump I never wanted

Poem #793

when you’re suicidal,
you’re supposed to tell someone
but, thing is, you know it’s crazy
and you know you won’t do it
no reason to worry people.
the insidious thing is the longer you don’t speak
the more the urge to die wins
because it lives in isolation
a bacteria that blooms in your dark-dense agar

Poem #792

sweep me up at the dark beach
I can’t stop smiling
the palpable touch of air heavy with salt
your arms bunching up the folds of my sweater
the feeling that I’m special

I think of you always after dusk
when the breeze is soft
and the light is softer

you remind me of dancing
in my grandma’s yard
on desert nights with wind chimes
and a lovingly watered willow tree

you’d watch me dance
smiling as big as I am

Poem #791

when I take the medicine everyday
the poetry is gone
so am I
but you like me better

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Poem #790 – i’m not tough

maybe I dreamed we met on Halloween
because it was expected that we wear masks
both of us donning wolfskin
bearing our teeth
in an attempt to hide
our wool peeking out from underneath

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History Today – July 12, 2018

This History Today series aims to document what life is like in this period of history. I update whenever I feel like it.

Aspects of daily life:

Last Wednesday was 4th of July, and the sentiment I noticed being echoed throughout social media was that it’s odd to be celebrating America’s independence and freedom while illegal immigrant children are imprisoned and lost. But celebrations continued — it’s hard to resist a tide. I went to a park and sat so close to the show that a firework that w...

Doing the Things I Dream Of Before Financial Independence

I’m obsessed with personal finance. Yes, this is a writer’s blog, but I’ve been craving writing about financial independence, so write I must.

For the past five years since graduating from college, I’ve been working full-time — the first two years I even worked a lot of overtime though that lifestyle wasn’t ultimately sustainable for me — and dreaming of not having to work anymore.

There’s something soul-crushing about commuting large distances and spending the most energetic years of my life...