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Month: September 2015

Beyond the Looking Glass

September 18, 2015April 4, 2017 ~ Jo ~ Leave a comment

she makes me feel like a guest in my own head please, pull up a chair, make yourself at home - wait, isn't this my mind? - distracting me with lively conversation how are the kids? they're fine, but- how's my job? it's busy, thanks for asking, but- oh, I guess I would like some … Continue reading Beyond the Looking Glass

I Almost Believed Her 

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 ~ Jo ~ Leave a comment

I had a startling experience this holiday. A grown woman, a good 20-25 years older than I, decided that it would motivate me to return to my religion by calling me a loser (complete with a sad head shake and disappointed expression). Tough love, possibly? I found it appalling, and I was shocked into silence … Continue reading I Almost Believed Her 

Sit, Stay A While 

September 16, 2015April 4, 2017 ~ Jo ~ Leave a comment

i feel both listless and frozen anxious and apathetic enthused and bored morose and ecstatic introspective and selfish selfless and needy negative and hopeful hopeless and motivated unconcerned and worried free and caged loved and ignored cherished and neglected afraid and triumphant trumpeting and meek vivacious and cowed demure and fierce. why do you have … Continue reading Sit, Stay A While 

Last Sunset

September 7, 2015April 4, 2017 ~ Jo ~ Leave a comment

We're driving to visit you  And you probably won't even see us Or remember that you've seen us. We're driving to visit you And as we go I see the sun Caught in the upper branches of a tree Took me a minute to realize that it was a streetlight, mimicking the bright orange sunset … Continue reading Last Sunset

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