Tagged: risks
to gather or not
to gather or not
to gather, that is the question
in the context of
the ongoing pandemic,
we are torn, loose in the wind
.
20220509:0726
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the calculus for
the calculus for
risk-taking has nothing to
do with math and all
to do with the privileges
you arrived with, by land, by sea
.
20211204:1505
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on the off chance that
on the off chance that
the desire to celebrate
is an excuse that
COVID will happily accept,
try not to look too complacent
.
20210207:1400
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eight months into our
eight months into our
global pandemic, we arm
ourselves with distance,
a semblance of normalcy
tangoing with vigilance
.
20201111:1032
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anticipation
anticipation
hooks a practiced finger or two
off of every ledge
.
20171025:1132
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you took me to the
you took me to the
sutro baths, and those
late afternoon
edges were so
sharp, i pretended
to be brave.
against all
heights, i longed to
sink into the
waters to ground
myself, trading one
death for another
.
20150318:0341
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staying takes on more
staying takes on more
risks – on a scale
between over-
staying and feeling
cornered, there is
also the danger
of growing
.
20150223:0900
y
you are taking risks –
if you only knew
if you only knew
the risks i take,
how every
recollection is an
obstacle, how
pain arrives here
and there with
too much
recognition,
you would
not ask
why i linger
beside the ocean
.
20131117:0808
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