𝒻 𝓁 𝑜 𝓊 𝓇 𝒾 𝓈 𝒽
flour·ish | ˈflər-ish , ˈflə-rish
There are many ways to perish, or to flourish.
How old pain, for example, can stall us at the threshold of function.
Memory: a golden bowl, or a basement without light.
Still, friends, consider stone, that is without the fret of gravity, and the water that is without anxiety.
And the pine trees that never forget their recipe for renewal.
And consider, always, every day, the determination of the grass to grow despite the unending obstacles.
— Excerpts from Mary Oliver’s “Evidence”
How old pain, for example, can stall us at the threshold of function.
Memory: a golden bowl, or a basement without light.
Still, friends, consider stone, that is without the fret of gravity, and the water that is without anxiety.
And the pine trees that never forget their recipe for renewal.
And consider, always, every day, the determination of the grass to grow despite the unending obstacles.
— Excerpts from Mary Oliver’s “Evidence”
it’s 2019 and im standing outside
sufficient to have stood
though free to fall
dead computer
flash light on your face
phantom ring
right on time or late into the traffic
you fell completely
it was understood
without actually being there
an image
or carry all
web of ambition
kept going
kept quitting
quit
wanted to be friendly
but felt like
you should just pass by
80/20
rule of design
sad girl with dirt on her bed
backmasking
post-selfie
ever clear
ever dumb
trudged around
more bowlegged
or splayfooted
toward purpose than usual
can I be filling
can I be a file
life and simulated life
delivering low religion to your DMs
anywhere you land is land lost the batteries ran out
now u r running out
don’t stay awake on Monday night
straight into the fire n I told you
it’d be hot
faith kept failing
the answer,
still loading
so you declared loss
and lived in loss
sucking in the mantras of electronic media
Are you still working for everyone?
sealed in moisture
set on vibrate
your solemn and destitute heart
placed in your back pocket
cries out
in search of the real virgin Mary
cc calloway