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What does it mean to be grounded in reality?
How many senses have I had to shut down
to have common sense?
I don’t want my sense to be common

If every heart-worthy novelist weeps for days
before killing off a beloved character, god must
have spent centuries sobbing before pressing a
pen to the page of this year.

That I didn’t just cancel what would have been healthy to cancel was a side effect of both shame and having been raised proudly working class by a father who hated having a heart attack less than he hated having to call in sick because of it.

and no one on Earth is tougher than a butch with a perm

Bitterness is the easiest way
to leave this world having had only
a near-life experience.

Burning to be better is my favorite
quality on anyone, and you are on fire