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“Was it the sea? Responding, maybe,
to celestial force? To be safe,
I prayed. I tried to be a better person.
Soon it seemed to me that what began as terror and matured into moral narcissism might have become in fact
actual human growth. Maybe
this is what my friends meant, taking my hand, telling me they understood
the abuse, the incredible shit I accepted,
implying (so I once thought) I was a little sick
to give so much for so little.
Whereas they meant I was good (clasping my hand intensely)
a good friend and person, not a creature of pathos.”
― The Seven Ages: Bold and Masterful Poems on Death, Metamorphosis, and Embracing the Inevitable
to celestial force? To be safe,
I prayed. I tried to be a better person.
Soon it seemed to me that what began as terror and matured into moral narcissism might have become in fact
actual human growth. Maybe
this is what my friends meant, taking my hand, telling me they understood
the abuse, the incredible shit I accepted,
implying (so I once thought) I was a little sick
to give so much for so little.
Whereas they meant I was good (clasping my hand intensely)
a good friend and person, not a creature of pathos.”
― The Seven Ages: Bold and Masterful Poems on Death, Metamorphosis, and Embracing the Inevitable
“My parents couldn't see the life in my head;
when I wrote it down, they fixed the spelling.”
― Averno
when I wrote it down, they fixed the spelling.”
― Averno
“Outside the car, the cows and pastures are drifting away;
they look calm, but calm is not the truth.
Despair is the truth. This is what
mother and father know. All hope is lost.
We must return to where it was lost
if we want to find it again.”
― Winter Recipes from the Collective
they look calm, but calm is not the truth.
Despair is the truth. This is what
mother and father know. All hope is lost.
We must return to where it was lost
if we want to find it again.”
― Winter Recipes from the Collective
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