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86 · May 2023
Untitled
Exosphere May 2023
napping in the sun
head filled with visions of love
peace in the heart
divine
86 · Apr 2021
handle
Exosphere Apr 2021
I have this amazing handle on reality now
you would be so proud of me
I carved it myself out of driftwood
it has horns and wings
and is painted ocean sunset colors with
glitter dried seaweed streamers
it is very practical
86 · Jan 2021
solo
Exosphere Jan 2021
whoever said it takes two to tango
never saw me dance
86 · Feb 2021
paper basket
Exosphere Feb 2021
it’s nice to still have feelings
I don’t, really
I’m folded up into a paper basket
not pretty enough to be pretty
and too useless to hold eggs
85 · Mar 2021
the real life
Exosphere Mar 2021
every morning I feel unprepared for the day
like I left something undone in a dream
someone needs me back there
I want to go back
the blankets and pillows protect me
I am warm and floating and safe
but I have to get up eventually
go through the motions of the day
and wait until night comes
so I can live the real life
85 · 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
85 · 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
85 · Jan 2021
you’ll see
Exosphere Jan 2021
peace of mind
I’ll get it
one way or another
you’ll see
it will be fine
85 · Jul 2023
proverb
Exosphere Jul 2023
those who wish to remain hidden
should not befriend those
with x-ray vision
85 · Mar 2021
legacies
Exosphere Mar 2021
she’s so dumb
I don’t know why she bothers me so much
doesn’t even know
it’s not one “piece”
for crying out loud
you even called them notes
thank you, by the way
for the note(s)
still, she’s so dumb
85 · Jan 2021
It’s so beautiful
Exosphere Jan 2021
I wish there was someone to enjoy it
Soft warm silent creature
Smooth pinkish sigh
85 · Apr 2021
try again
Exosphere Apr 2021
I think you meant to apologize
for being a presumptuous condescending *****
to a complete stranger
but it came out wrong
you can always try again
85 · 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
85 · Feb 2021
juggler 2
Exosphere Feb 2021
you are an eccentric juggler
though not too many appreciate your niche
or even get it really
85 · 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
85 · Feb 2023
Untitled
Exosphere Feb 2023
I had an outbreak
of obsession
seeing him inflamed my condition
84 · Feb 2021
blur
Exosphere Feb 2021
I know what it’s like
to live for a certain day
for all the days in between
to go by in a blur
while you wait each week
each month
for that day
thinking the whole time
that on this day
this one day
something amazing will happen

but it never does
it never does
and eventually
that day becomes
like all the other days
a blur
all the days then
are just
a blur
84 · 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
84 · Apr 2021
memory
Exosphere Apr 2021
I have no imagination
only the vivid brush of memory
84 · 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
84 · Jan 2021
shelves
Exosphere Jan 2021
I framed a new space
wired it
installed electrical boxes
insulated it (the good stuff)
put up drywall...

next weekend will be mud and paint
then another weekend for shelves
which still doesn’t give me enough time
to figure out
whose closet is this?
84 · Apr 2021
new friends
Exosphere Apr 2021
things are never black and white
unless you are a lover of penguins
84 · 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
84 · Jan 2021
you are
Exosphere Jan 2021
you are not the words
there is a feeling inside me

you are not words but
a feeling
inside me
83 · Jan 2021
Relapse
Exosphere Jan 2021
****, I just realized
I’m going to be horribly depressed
in two weeks
I knew I shouldn’t have done this
I had such progress
the greatest progress in the history of progress

but then I remembered
his fuzzy warm face
slender fingers
the angle of his smile
and then there was no one else
again
so here I am
83 · Jan 2021
schizophrenia of love
Exosphere Jan 2021
a conversation was creating
a language of symbols
that we juggled with innocent glee
creating a story
within a story
that only the crazy could see
83 · Mar 2021
offensive adult content
Exosphere Mar 2021
Christianity is like the Donald Trump of the religious landscape
incomprehensibly dominating everything
with very little logic
and even with good intentions
both comically
and tragically
missing the mark
while causing its maker to turn in his nonexistent grave
83 · Jan 2021
mirror
Exosphere Jan 2021
being a mirror for someone
doesn’t make you any friends
83 · Mar 2021
how you do it
Exosphere Mar 2021
and that’s how you do it
you say, no, you are wrong
I am not this person

unless you enjoy playing games with them,
being the object of their misplaced infatuation
stringing them along for years
which, whatever man,
to each his own
but you know,
that’s weak
83 · Jan 2021
I woke happy
Exosphere Jan 2021
and she jumped out of bed
with love and dance
and your face
83 · Jan 2021
light
Exosphere Jan 2021
I see the light again...
it’s mine
83 · Mar 2021
I never know
Exosphere Mar 2021
I never know what you’re talking about
but that’s ok
I like the sound of your voice
83 · Mar 2021
me?
Exosphere Mar 2021
me?
...
(looks around)
...
(stares at sky)
...
(starts to whistle)
83 · Mar 2021
upended
Exosphere Mar 2021
you’ve upended my world again
I don’t know what to think
but my feelings don’t seem to care what I think
83 · Mar 2021
irregular
Exosphere Mar 2021
sometimes I try to do a thing
but I can’t
then I realize
I shouldn’t have to do that thing anyway
83 · Jan 2021
Human
Exosphere Jan 2021
I don’t want to be an *******
I really don’t...
I just —
can’t —
help it!
83 · Feb 2021
(shrugs)
Exosphere Feb 2021
you know what I want
or do you?
oh, well
that’s too bad
83 · Apr 2021
conundrum
Exosphere Apr 2021
I love you so much
but you aren’t you
and I’m not me
82 · Jul 2023
best laid plans
Exosphere Jul 2023
I thought I was playing it safe
I thought I was taking it slow
I thought I was getting to know a person
making a real connection
not acting out of lust or selfishness or boredom
I thought I was being responsible

I didn’t realize
I was falling the whole time
I didn’t realize
I was building something inside me
that couldn’t be destroyed
I didn’t realize
my heart was already making
an irreversible commitment
I didn’t realize
I was wrecking myself
Those first years.
That first kiss.
82 · 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
82 · Feb 2021
red balloon
Exosphere Feb 2021
translated to colors and shapes
I make more sense
Klee
82 · Feb 2021
swipe
Exosphere Feb 2021
it’s fun to look
and swipe
I don’t think I can do much more
I’m not ready to be seen
by someone new
82 · Jan 2021
Only
Exosphere Jan 2021
I want love
I want peace
I want myself
Only
82 · Jan 2021
body double
Exosphere Jan 2021
I need a body double
for my pillows
this is a very dangerous maneuver
82 · 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
82 · Mar 2021
mouse
Exosphere Mar 2021
I am all talk
my spirit animal is a mouse
I am gentle, sweet, nervous
I run in adorable circles
and make hidey holes
I do not bite, I cuddle
I am a very nice and easy pet
81 · Feb 2021
the perch
Exosphere Feb 2021
it’s easy not to care so much
when looking down from a lofty perch
from a magnificent view
so far away
from the consequences of any one action
so far away
from any being with a moral paradigm
so far away
from the source of gravity and feeling
so far away

I can sense the distance, the space, the ease
I can sense the complacent emptiness
children starving
children given to strangers
children locked in barns, basements, closets
children becoming women and men
or not
so far away
from the safety of the perch
inside
81 · Mar 2021
Orange country
Exosphere Mar 2021
I’m looking for Oranges
juicy exploding Oranges
some trees are covered in them
others you’re lucky to find one
but I think I’m in Orange country now
want to help me look?
81 · Jan 2021
Disappearing act
Exosphere Jan 2021
I am still all here
it seems
I am not magic
81 · Mar 2021
Untitled
Exosphere Mar 2021
I hope you find someone new
and your new efforts are not in vain
I hope it works out for you
and you cause your new person
less pain
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