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Intractable Expression
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Part-time writer, full-time human. Life-long depressive. Expressions include poetry, fiction, and occasional opinion. Owner of a small, disdainful mammal.
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Another weekend to procrastinate under the excuse of taking care of nothing...
#booksky #authorsky #writing
#tootiredtoolazy
Entry of a dictionary describing the fictitious word Stresslaxing, aka being stressed that relaxing makes you more stressed because you're not working on what is making you stressed.
September 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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You ripped our dreams out of the sky
plunged it into our heart
A weapon made of our own design
We screamed until we could not breathe
smothered by ashen sorrow
Because hate cannot accept why it is not free
Why it cannot laugh at itself or wear what it pleases
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#poetry #poems #poetrysky #booksky
A photo of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers and the NYC skyline.
September 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#florida #idiocracy
Image of a computer screen that shows a videogame graphic of an Ox pulling a wagon with the caption "You have died of Florida".
September 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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#booksky #readmorebooks
A book cover with an illustration of Princess Leia holding a book with the caption "Read. It's our only hope".
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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For anyone facing the choice of health vs wholeness.
#breastcancer #poetry #poetrysky #poem #authorsky #writing
An image of an orange bra on a hanger, below the image is a poem. A poem: Green giving magic grows in the corner of my yard A sturdy chestnut tree that makes seasonal messes Dangling strings of rough pollen turn into spiky amulets of nut Its sharp defenses make you work for the prize Bleeding fingers as you marvel the sweet cloister inside One day last year, someone cut my tree Hacking its branches back to contain its bounty Unappreciative of the delicious mess Free food if you wanted the trouble Instead they wanted control A secret butchering Without permission, without reason I raged and grieved for my poor tree Slowly healing through the changing seasons The amputation would not kill its aged roots Not by a long shot Still, it stings to see the blunted cuts Woody scars of mistreatment Ignorance or malice I cannot decide. But now I face a different butcher One I sought by choice Inside me is little lump No bigger than the nut from my precious tree Painless but growing Do we amputate the extraneous Or do we wait for harvest Do we wait for its seed to spread inside of me Would the seeds multiply, root themselves within my bones Gorging until nothing is left But the little nut that should not be. I can live without my breast Just as my tree can live without its limb I know my roots go deeper than that My womanhood belongs to more than my parts Tropes of busty femininity Should not define my body But I’ll know what was taken from me I’ll see the cuts and feel the hollow My scar for healthy intervention Salvation or mutilation I cannot decide.
July 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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"It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of
color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro
people a bad check...But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. " MLK Jr
#poetrysky
A photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his speech in Washington DC in 1963.
June 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Meta thinks I should Friend someone from the inner circle of hell...
#evil #wtf
A photo of a pathetic human being named Scott Bessent.
May 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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When you start writing, no one warns you of the absolute carnage that you will inflict on your home.
#writer #authorsky #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writersky #booksky
A very messy coffee table covered in junk.
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Nothing is quite as pleasing to the selfish space of one's heart as seeing your words in print. Thank you to Reclaim for selecting me.
#SAAM #poetry #writersky
#sexualassaultawareness
#writer #amwriting #booksky
A copy of a printed poem titled The Twisties from the Reclaim journal. The front page of the Reclaim Journal with artwork of splashes of purple and pink on a black background.
April 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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For all the survivors out there, we see you 💙
#SAAM #sexualassaultawareness
#sexualassaultsurvivor
A graphic with hearts saying April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, sending love to survivors.
April 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Trans Day of Visibility was Monday 31st, so one of my favorite bookstores gathered these titles to check out. I just ordered 'A Gentleman's Gentleman' by TJ Alexander. 🩵🩷🩵
#booksky #books #indiereads #reading #transdayofvisibility #queerauthors #queerreads
An assortment of books in a display with a sign that reads "Trans Writes
April 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Spring reminds us that something new is still possible; my cat wants to know why flowers sprouted in her litter box.
#springequinox #catsky
A cat sits in the dirt next to a clump of blooming daffodils
March 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Gremlins abound at my house 😵‍💫
March 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Book stores know what is up, and that is why we love them. #booksky
March 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Please don't pretend you made an exception for us after we clawed our way there bleeding, demanding Equality.
#internationalwomensday
#womensday2025
#WD2025
March 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Wallace describes human beings in such hilariously succinct ways.
A page of text from the book Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace.
March 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 12/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
The plain white book cover of the novel Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace.
March 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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I don't own this book so finding all the great cover art online was overwhelming.
March 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 11/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
March 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 10/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
March 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 9/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
March 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 8/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
February 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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February 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 7/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
The book cover of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien that shows an illustration of a mountainside.
February 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 6/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20books
The book cover of Down A Dark Hall by Lois Duncan, that shows the hands of a skeleton playing a piano.
February 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM