I should go. and I would, but I don't want to.  I know this. because I know what not wanting is.  It's a face twisted in a pillow.  lungs desperate for air that doesn't reek  of old man. not wanting is different than wanting. but they live together and sharpen each other's sides.  Like, my back is better suited for a bed because the street is cold.  and strangers offer unknown desperations. I should go. and I would, but I don't want to. I know this. because I know what not wa

it wasn’t a place, but the feeling of place— of being lived in. where windows once held the shape of laughter and the dust of us  settled on the sills. it’s a mess now, and not so beautiful— the paint is peeling and shadows pool where pictures once reflected light. impermanence calls me into vacant rooms and whispers—  your home is empty. it sits— a chapel of echoes & residue of what you said you loved— unhinged from the ruin of certainty. nothing stays.  the floorboards groa

nav·i·gate /ˈnavəˌɡāt/: to ascertain or plot and control the course or position of. navigating is hard. if there were a gps for people...

d’un regard anglo-américain, cela peut sembler brusque apparemment méchant. mais peut-on nier notre joie gratuite et nos processions...

sum·mer/ˈsəmər/ the warmest season of the year, in the northern hemisphere from June to August I was sent away in the summer of ’78 to a...

toxic shock  /ˈtäksik ˈSHäk: acute  septicemia  in women, typically caused by  bacterial  infection from a retained  tampon if a man had to put his balls in a vise there’d be heads on spikes. 3D mamos, pft! comfort isn’t covered. lift your knickers and bear it. perk up little blue pills-covered, period. pink tax & Tampax serving up gender bias on tits and ass since, forever made to manage our menses BYOT, or feed tampon dispensers, 50 cents? damn. no loose change. rubbe

tin foil: /ˈtinˌfoil/: shiny metal in the form of a thin sheet that is used for wrapping food. how could they, know him? thief, hunter,...

Exit: /ˈeɡzət,ˈeksət: a way out door where all the people come and go a place of beginnings and ends. hellos, goodbyes, please don’t...

By: Joey Maree ˈbrādəd/:a length of hair made up of three or more interlaced strands My hair was nothing special, just long, brown, and...

clever:/ˈklevər/ Mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence clever girl, words lay me down. Cordycepsual  coupling, like a...

Places /pleɪsɪz/ An area with definite or indefinite boundaries;a spot. Just shut up with all your reasons for no. lean in, say yes, and...

Weird /wird/: of strange or extraordinary character. Odd. Fantastic. she is undiluted. a pithy, particular taste. will you chase her with...

seams /sēms/ Vulnerable areas or gaps I could carry on about it- you, me and the shit-reels in my head on replay. spinning up the...

by: joey maree losing sight /lo͞oziNG/ resulting in defeat /sīt/a range of mental vision will we spill more time between our empty...

by: joey maree bent: /bent/ To be fixed in your purpose You’re there, between every distraction. The intrusive thought, that pulls the...

Women Like wild flowers On hillsides, rise and sway. Too often Plucked and sorted, Artfully arranged, Admired, and thrown away

Female seeking herself, and a life without influence. Without words from the mouths of strangers. Thoughts filtered through an untamed...

unaware unpresent-ness: /ənəˈwer ən prez(ə)nt nəs/ to be in every moment but the one you’re in and not know it. don’t. take me across...

rusted: /rəstid/ to deteriorate or corrode through inactivity or neglect the words between, once candied and sweet, have soured and taste...