Tagged: luxury
luxury often
luxury often
forgets its dance moves, lifted too
high to feel the ground
.
20240427:1040
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meeting mom after
meeting mom after
she’s lost her
sister, her first
best friend, we forget
for a moment, and then
even longer –
the immigrants’ first line
of defense, for self-
preservation –
because of distance,
because of borders,
because of not seeing,
because of
learning to believe
differently to survive,
because feeling
anything other than
gratitude
is a luxury
.
20230816:2325
y
the journey home drips
the journey home drips
with anticipation, like an
air conditioner
hanging out the window, a
steady sort of luxury
.
20230815:1700
y
good is subjective,
good is subjective,
which leaves worth wanting – we define
our own luxuries
.
20230629:2139
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people who don’t have
people who don’t have
room can’t imagine what people
who have room fill their
houses with – how many things does
it really take to make a home?
.
20230619:1818
y
we celebrate pi
we celebrate pi
day over a larger fraction
of the pie than some
folks could ever hope for – right
out of the pizza oven
.
20220314:2033
y
on a spectrum of
on a spectrum of
seen to unseen, some prefer
the luxury of
choosing what to unsee while
insisting on being seen
.
20220118:2107
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carry the end of
carry the end of
the day
to the water’s
edge, and
let go –
may we all
have that luxury
.
20210609:2114
y
on day four hundred
on day four hundred
and forty-nine, inviting friends
to warm up our new
home – a luxury, and so much
gratitude that we’re still here
.
20210529:2207
y
art for art for art’s
art for art for art’s
sake cannot escape from the
white gaze, cannot be
separated from who you
know, does not have that luxury
.
20210305:2047
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