diditrocious
when i was young i climbed trees like it was simple. hand over hand, foot over foot. all there was to lose was a bit of skin from the front of my knees, a few strands of hair wrapped in twigs. i climbed like it was easy. i remember this feeling, this weightlessness, this trust in the branches in my 20s as i rise slowly and stop early, tree trembling as i wonder how long it will support me.
Obvious is such a disdainful word. OH, HOW OBVIOUS. The very nature of the word requires the person who utters it to look down on someone, and yet... it's so widely used. But I guess I'm just stating the obvious.
can the mind alter the body?
can the body alter the mind?
a few alterations
make the heart grow fonder.
we dream in soap
and the snip snip snip of surgical shears -
we, america,
carry lipgloss in every pocket
and keep our dietitians on speed dial.
it's grey today
or gray maybe
it was bleak
and then it snowed
a single shot
and another
do we shoot our cannons
like we shoot our coffee?
darkness
is subjective
i drink mine black