And there will be more.


The Pen and the OvenThe Pen and the Oven Or how our marriage ended in gender metaphorsThe Pen and the Oven
The rules of engagement and relationship were never observed by us. We defied all
stereotypes all roles set down by the expectations of our genders. I can't think of a single way in which you were all male or I was all female.
We complimented each other where I led you nurtured where I needed support &n


Empty BedEmpty BedEmpty Bed
He falls asleep most nights in the chair at his computer and I suppose this is good because it gives me a taste of sleeping alone for the rest of my life. In a month when he leaves the bed will be solely my domain sheets mine pillows mine spotted duvet mine with only the dog and a stuffed bear to comfort me.
I won't be confined to only one side anymore.
My legs and torso can roam the entire length and width of the bed without anyone t


Pain HealsPain HealsPain Heals
I find myself biting the inside of my cheek until I taste copper. This is to keep myself from crying.
Still, there is salt on my lips from the tears
that escape. I can't keep them from coming. They won't stay back no matter how hard I bite.
If I had longer nails, my palms would be sliced from clenching my fingers into fists. But I don't
want to be a Sufi with stigmata.
There is a scream in my lungs, and it burns
to keep it there, suspended, building like a cyclone.&nbs


ReinventionReinventionReinvention
Like Frankenstein's creature, I lie on the slab of a table pieced together by parts parts of memory the good ones right now the very best ones were sewn back on at my toes. I can't touch them without straining. My legs and arms and torso are all the years in between a finger of happiness here one bicep of joy there the bellybutton that holds the seat of sorrow. The heartspace is black though. Hard to be reinvented without a heart
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"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We're afraid."
"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We will fall!"
"Come to the edge."
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
--Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918
(French poet/philospher)
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"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting..." - E E C
I still love the Kodaka series. In fact, one of the communities I'm in on LJ is reposting it and I'm rereading it.
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"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We're afraid."
"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We will fall!"
"Come to the edge."
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
--Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918
(French poet/philospher)
--
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting..." - E E C
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"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We're afraid."
"Come to the edge."
"We can't. We will fall!"
"Come to the edge."
And they came.
And he pushed them.
And they flew.
--Guillaume Apollinaire, 1880-1918
(French poet/philospher)
--
"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting..." - E E C
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