D: Favorites

Jan 2021 D

two pounds

Jan 2021 D

amanda

two pounds

he loves me
the way i’ve always
wanted to be loved—

with his entire body

all two pounds of it

i brought home a puppy
this week

i named him whiskey

he named me mom

i’ve never been
so smitten

Nov 2020 D

the weight of a heavy heart

Nov 2020 D

amanda

the weight of a heavy heart

it really is a       privilege to
feel with such a great capacity,
but don’t assume that means
you’ve  lost the  right
to  complain
about
it

feeling your own pain
*****

but feeling everyone else’s too?
good god it hurts

and i think that’s okay to admit

Nov 2020 D

The Pledge of Allegiance

Nov 2020 D

James Court

The Pledge of Allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the bigotry
of the Fractured States of Sanity,
and to the Republican for whom it grovels;
one dystopia, godless, divided,
with liberty and justice for those straight white folks who can afford it

#trump #biden #2020 #election

Oct 2020 D

i love you too

Oct 2020 D

amanda

i love you too

i never needed the words

i just needed them to be true

and i think they are

and you don’t ever
have to say them

i’ll say it enough
for the both of us

Oct 2020 D

his name is ryan

Oct 2020 D

amanda

his name is ryan

it would have
felt random
for them to tell me
his name is ryan
when the stars
exploded to make
my soulmate

but then i met that perfect
masterpiece of star stuff

and nothing felt random

not anymore

Sep 2020 D

living hell

Sep 2020 D

amanda

living hell

you showed me a heaven
i can never touch
and that no amount of death
will earn me

knowing it exists
knowing you exist —
i now understand
what they mean by
‘living hell’

Aug 2020 D

between dashes

Aug 2020 D

amanda

between dashes

someday
our headstones
will measure our lives
in years
between dashes

but the minutes
and hours
and days
we created
between dashes

well— those will belong
to just us

Aug 2020 D

again

Aug 2020 D

amanda

again

today we woke up
and chose each other

again

same time tomorrow?

commitment is cool