Not now kitten, daddy’s in a traffic circle and he’s FREAKIN OUT

Diabolical Behavior Therapy

(A screen capture of a an iPhone “note,” it is dated January 28th, 2026 at 11:10pm and it reads as follows) Drift in & out (Of self) consciousness A daydream dressed for bed (A query queerly quotes my head) Not will they/won’t they But should I, dare I? This (is and) is not a poem Slicing lines cleanly like the breaks Mean something Mostly I bite my tongue Part my lips There, (is not) a kiss Whispering this Good Night.

Turns out, I’m still *really sad* about a lot of things.

I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse,
and as I sit here waiting,
waiting for the news
that as bad as things are
they have just become
catastrophically worse
there are so many
emails I must respond to.

This is where the echoes reach me
Loop back what my exes teach me
Shift gears spin wheels all too soon
“Your hands are shaking,” a wreck & ruin,
I wish I could say it won’t happen again
But that’s what I’d thought with all of them
So I’ll nod & smile & sip my drink—
Cover twitches with a wink.

Having lipedema is a waking nightmare in that the pain is nightmarish and also keeping me awake. Would be SO cool if they could come up with a cure real quick.

If a man speaks the language of brute force, you can't come to him with peace. Why, good night! He'll break you in two, as he has been doing all along. If a man speaks French, you can't speak to him in German. If he speaks Swahili, you can't communicate with him in Chinese. You have to find out what this man speaks. And once you know his language, learn how to speak his language, and he'll get the point. There'll be some dialogue. You know the language the Klan speaks. It is a duty, it's your and my duty as human beings, it is our duty to our people, to organise ourselves and let the government know that if they don't stop that Klan, we'll stop it ourselves. So I don't believe in violence - that's why I want to stop it. And you can't stop it with love. So, we only mean vigorous action in self-defence and that vigorous action we feel we're justified in initiating by any means necessary. The press call us racist and people who are "violent in reverse." This is how they psycho you. They make you think that if you try to stop the Klan from lynching you, you're practising "violence in reverse."

Thinking of a few Malcolm x speeches as they tell people getting kidnapped in the streets by masked thugs to ‘remain calm’

This woman has met me *twice* and she reads me like so many tea leaves.

Being casually handed the things I had to beg for in my last relationship is a real mindfuck. Wdym I wasn’t unknowable or impossible to please? Wdym I wasn’t asking for the moon to be lassoed & brought down to me but only ever asked that we look up at her together? Wdym I’m not invisible? Fuck.

writing is so funny because you think wow I hope people read this thing I made but also oh no what if people read it

😭

Wild is the world
Wise it is not
The hermit retreats
Far from it
No matter how spooked
We cannot
Someone’s got to stay
And tidy up

Clear the rubble
And rebuild
The children
They will need
New playgrounds

#vss365 #BraveWrite #poem #poetry

Me, drinking pickle juice directly from the jar, it drips down my neck obscenely: yeah, no, I’m completely fine, why do you ask?!?!?!?!

~ Let there be no confusion
I don’t miss you
I miss the delusion ~

I do not believe that anyone, by virtue of their profession, should be allowed to kill

You got away with murder
We all named it a “learning curve,”
Myself a slow learner
I gripped the wheel and didn’t swerve.

Me, in November: oh I’m not even thinking about dating until next year

Also me: *schedules a first date for January 1st*

A painted lunar moth surrounded by moons and stars and leaves and flowers

My holiday painting

Is he… y’know?

🥵

“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.

🎵 “You’re at it again, you’re runnin’ the game!” 🎶

(Me @ me, because I’m running a game again!!!) #tomesandturts

Girlie pop, where is your mask?

Bless you thank you. 💜

Do I still get to play even though my Actual Photograph is on there?

my empathy has limits
there is place I cannot inhabit
my mind cannot map
into yours

Don't you know
that loving you
wasn't a choice
or an option?

I just took a breath
and you were in my lungs
then in my blood

so why are there times
my heart aches
for just a kind word
but your lips
are numb
#vss365

I can gaze up at the glow-in-the-dark stars and wax poetic about my place in this world. ✨ 🌟 ⭐️ ☀️

I can eat a weird number of lollipops and fall asleep in a small pile of candy wrappers!

I can starfish on the bed!