My quarterly panic arrives
This season tied in with assignment angst
Student political fatigue and
Second job grief
I haven’t written creatively for what seems like a year
Nothing to say
Hypersomniac handwringer
In the past I’d run away
Disappear for a few months
Start a new life in a new town
But now I am loved
I am grounded
I’d throw myself at a wall
However, times have changed
So I set up a mental health self-referral

Thank you for your beautiful recital this morning. Your words meant so much to me. I cannot wait to read your book, and I look forward to the future movie.

Estranged wedding stationery
Gel pens standing alone
Homepage cross-stitched owl
Fragmented postcard of Folkestone
Bijou mouse cut-out
Hemp body lotion
Holiday visits home
Nowhere to go
In my glitter scrunchie
Thank you

White wash walls
Pink rinse hair
Vote for committees and motions
Write this post

Cheering
At other peoples pain,
Shame,
Mistreatment,
Saddens me
More
Than the act
Of cruelty itself

I’ve come to expect inhumanity

But I cannot get use
To those who assist the abuse

Standing by is complicit