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97 · Apr 2021
so so
Exosphere Apr 2021
I care about you so much
I want you so bad
so so much
so so bad
so so so so much
so so so so bad
et cetera
96 · Jun 2023
the break up
Exosphere Jun 2023
I’m breaking up with you alcohol
we had a great run
but it’s over
you should know
I’ve been seeing someone else
a tall drink of water
he’s everything I need
there’s someone out there for you though
keep your spirits up

please don’t show up when I’m out with my friends
or come around looking for your favorite glass
that will just be awkward
I’ve put all your stuff on the curb
someone will be picking it up in the morning
good bye
96 · Mar 2021
Gen X
Exosphere Mar 2021
my wave
made you possible
you’re welcome
96 · Apr 2021
simple
Exosphere Apr 2021
most situations are easy to explain
because humans are simple
it’s just a matter of figuring out
what kind of simple you are
96 · May 2023
Untitled
Exosphere May 2023
I turned off my phone and discovered
a whole other life
96 · Jan 2021
the pain of
Exosphere Jan 2021
the pain of imperfection
the pain
and mystery
of you
is in my future
you are in my future
I know this
can taste it
you are
you will be
the sweet enduring pain
of my salvation
96 · Feb 2021
sparkling sweetly
Exosphere Feb 2021
smooth, pink, and iridescent
like fresh water pearls
sparkling sweetly
they’ve never been so pretty
my toes
96 · Apr 2021
mega evolutionary day
Exosphere Apr 2021
what a fabulous day
a shiny, rare, legendary kind of day
with very high CP and a 3 star assessment
a day for golden razz berries and hatching eggs
hope you have a happy pokeday
96 · Jun 2023
the gym
Exosphere Jun 2023
I was wild, she said, always hanging off the rafters
I figured she put me in gymnastics because I was difficult
probably annoying
years later she said that wasn’t true
she didn’t know why I thought such a thing
but it was too late
it had become a foundation block of my self perception
now I just do everyone a favor
and stay at the gym as long as possible
it’s not a bad place to self quarantine
I like it there
everyone likes me there
in fact, I might go now
95 · Feb 2021
suffering
Exosphere Feb 2021
I imagine him suffering over me
it’s indulgent, I know
he’s not
but it makes me feel love
and sympathy and forgiveness
and human

and I can’t imagine you
at all
95 · Apr 2021
painter
Exosphere Apr 2021
I am painting you the most beautiful picture
a blank white canvas
95 · Mar 2023
quiet seduction
Exosphere Mar 2023
dear crocus
you are like a **** librarian
with your rich violet petals peaking timidly from spears of green
****** and demure
I will paint my dreams with you tonight
95 · Jan 2021
Have I told you
Exosphere Jan 2021
How I love your eyes
Sleepy heavy lidded
**** eyes
I like where they look
The way they look
I like the way you look
95 · Feb 2021
secure
Exosphere Feb 2021
I would like to be secure
so as not to slip
out of my life
or my mind
95 · Jul 2023
insatiable bed
Exosphere Jul 2023
morning has come again
but my bed won’t let me go
don’t worry bed
you will have my dreams again this night
95 · Apr 2021
hormones
Exosphere Apr 2021
arousal occurs at the oddest moments in your 40’s
like sometimes even when gardening
hormones are truly god’s gift to us all
95 · Mar 2021
coincidence
Exosphere Mar 2021
wait, was it a coincidence?
do it again
95 · Mar 2023
creature
Exosphere Mar 2023
I wonder what I look like
in non spectral uv light
would you fall better in love with me
if you could see like a bee?
or a hummingbird
your wings beating fast as my heart?

would you find my devotion quicker
with sonar or echolocation?

if you could smell my thoughts
or detect my faith through your tongue
would you risk the danger of a kiss?

what extra human sensory perception is needed
to compel your instinct
to ****** me from gravity and space
and hold me in your primal grasp

whatever it may be
whichever creature can see
I will come back as that
in my next life
95 · Feb 2021
maybe next time
Exosphere Feb 2021
I nearly cried today
a few tears dripped out
I was really looking forward to it
didn’t happen though
maybe next time
95 · Mar 2021
right now
Exosphere Mar 2021
why can’t I have you now
I want you
now
right
now
95 · Feb 2021
with you
Exosphere Feb 2021
I’m laughing,
I know it doesn’t feel like it
but I’m laughing
with you
95 · Jan 2021
safe
Exosphere Jan 2021
he makes me feel safe
he held me while I cried
over you
kissed my forehead
tucked me in
he fills this tiny space with love
seals the cracks
and I feel safe
he’s the only one
whose ever done that
94 · Apr 2021
doctors
Exosphere Apr 2021
there are lots of doctors in my queue
which is ironic because I hate doctors
but ****
they are hot
94 · May 2023
Untitled
Exosphere May 2023
napping in the sun
head filled with visions of love
peace in the heart
divine
94 · Feb 2021
driving at night
Exosphere Feb 2021
driving at night
is a terrible fright
with my very poor sight
so if we get into a fight
please
do not let me drive
at night
94 · Feb 2023
Untitled
Exosphere Feb 2023
I had an outbreak
of obsession
seeing him inflamed my condition
94 · Feb 2021
have you?
Exosphere Feb 2021
he wasn’t worth it, I know
I mean, jeez
have you SEEN me in a leotard?!?
94 · Feb 2021
fuck you
Exosphere Feb 2021
yes, now I can be happy the rest of my life
now the worst has happened

how did that work again?
were there instructions? or?
94 · Feb 2021
why
Exosphere Feb 2021
why
why couldn’t it have been you, he said
but I thought it was
94 · Mar 2021
favorites
Exosphere Mar 2021
the greatest thing you can say to your boss
music to their ears
—I’ll take care of it
94 · Jan 2021
It’s so beautiful
Exosphere Jan 2021
I wish there was someone to enjoy it
Soft warm silent creature
Smooth pinkish sigh
93 · Jun 2023
rain
Exosphere Jun 2023
I hear the rain
like the forest
there is no other sound
just existence
of rain
surfaces
textures
resonance
of shapes
the fullness of rain
in every sense
consumes me
I am complete
in the symphony
of rain
93 · Jan 2021
easy
Exosphere Jan 2021
I’m over sensitive
and insecure
but easy to please
93 · Mar 2021
crow
Exosphere Mar 2021
my mind is blank
my insides are shushed
I am holding my breath
in two shaky hands
an offering
to a slowly circling crow
93 · Feb 2021
For J
Exosphere Feb 2021
I’m sorry
I messed everything up
I wasn’t... assertive
I got crazy
and then... failed
93 · Apr 2021
fountain of youth
Exosphere Apr 2021
poignant voices
sweep across my skin
rippling youth from deep cells
locked
periodically
in static waves
free now, to run backwards
across my face, eyes, smile

the secret of my youthful visage:
I truly
to my bones, hearts, and quarks
do not believe in time
93 · Feb 2021
scraps
Exosphere Feb 2021
I am peaking out this hole
I am leaving scraps
they are my art
93 · Feb 2021
the real meaning of fate
Exosphere Feb 2021
you’ve been added
to a very small collection
of the most intimate betrayals
you’re practically family
93 · Apr 2021
nap time
Exosphere Apr 2021
I am taking slow small breaths
in my square of sun
I am feeling wonderful
I am feeling shy
I am feeling naughty
93 · Mar 2021
grounded
Exosphere Mar 2021
I dreamed European airport tellers stole from me
five crisp new hundred dollar bills
smug old white men with smoke stained fingers and
invincible plexiglas protection
my mother appeared
brief and sympathetic
I appreciated her show of support
93 · Feb 2021
bucket of slop
Exosphere Feb 2021
she only calls me when there’s no one to get drunk with
her other friends, they go to dinner
hiking
hang out at each other’s place
I get the equivalent of a late night *******
for getting wasted
maybe because I don’t judge?
or maybe I’m just really tolerable when you’re drunk
that’s pretty much the only time he spent with me too
that, or maybe you just need to be ******
every
day
93 · Mar 2021
socks
Exosphere Mar 2021
I’m wearing a pink shirt,
maroon striped socks,
and your patience
but I’m happy to take it all off
93 · Apr 2021
social services
Exosphere Apr 2021
the space around me is naked and expectant
it has been yours for a long time now
your crime is negligence
I am calling social services
93 · Feb 2021
tesla
Exosphere Feb 2021
it’s hard to trust and respect people
intimately
when you are a little bit brilliant
I understand why one might chose a pigeon
93 · Apr 2023
telling stories
Exosphere Apr 2023
that was such a great day
we had a picnic on the dock and laid around holding hands
we laughed so hard telling stories
when the sun was setting he kissed me in the waning light
the moon was a pale wafer in the sky
we said sweet things and held each other close
our bodies fit together like long lost puzzle pieces
our hearts softened with relief and devotion
we made a love only found by dreamers and fools
93 · Apr 2021
compliment
Exosphere Apr 2021
everyone needs someone to think about
when they’re in a
thinking about a person kind of mood
I think about you
93 · Jan 2021
You’ll do
Exosphere Jan 2021
until I wake up
you’ll do
92 · Jan 2021
it’s possible
Exosphere Jan 2021
I might have loved you
you never know
I loved him
and he was nothing special
(well, obviously I thought he was but I was biased)
my point is
I did love him
and he didn’t give a rats ***
like you said
just junk floating in a river

so I could’ve
I might’ve
loved you
it’s possible

I don’t know
I guess we’ll never know
92 · Apr 2021
fortune favors the bold
Exosphere Apr 2021
something I learned from my wolf
show your teeth when needed
make clear you have no qualms using them
and enjoy your territory
92 · Mar 2021
faster
Exosphere Mar 2021
I will do it
I am doing it
I have been doing it!
but I’ll do it faster now
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