Write a permission slip for one appetite.
24 responses
An appetite I shall permit is this:
The hunger for everything the world has to offer.
To deserve it is to earn it and to earn it is to try.
Try to fly right into the sun, and keep flying.
To do what Icarus never could.
open cedar
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
i lay bare before you and I think,
how you’ve stripped me of all layers
stripped of my arrogance
my anger
my bite
and how you’ve got me under you, belly up, whimpering as you thrust agonisingly slow.
like a dog in heat.
hands clenched around the damp sheets, i wondered how deep you could sink
your teeth into my throat,
and drink me in like you’d do aged wine.
in a perverse way, i wanted you to do that.
suffice your appetite, my dear.
silver thistle
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC
I hunger for peace,
serenity in silence,
freedom on my lips
wide thrush
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC
I hereby give you the key to my heart, my body, and my soul.
moonlit otter
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTC
I give myself permission to go to my town’s Target.
I give myself permission to breathe
and not feel your touch when strangers pass by.
To stop seeing you
in the tall, slender built, brown haired “boys” that wander about.
To not wake up from nightmares of the night you wouldn’t stop.
I give myself permission to go to Target
and enjoy the opportunity of life.
restless lark
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
I give myself permission
to want in the full shape of wanting,
to let hunger arrive as its own structure,
moving with a pace that forms itself as it goes,
brushing past Feldman’s long horizons,
catching a brief edge of Stravinsky’s angles
before finding its own timing.
amber stone
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC
Breakfast in Bed
Served upon
sleepy heads,
beneath a broad chest
like morning skies
bathed in sunrise.
A wooden tray
left aside,
sheets wrapped
around you and me
like sweet little pastries.
Cherry kisses,
kettle hisses,
coffee drips,
quiet morning bliss.
:)
rusted heron
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM UTC
With this permission slip
I allow myself to let my anger
rage free without stuffing it
down so far that it hurts my very being.
distant cloud
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTC
It's okay
to want it back,
just don't let it take you off track.
I know it feels as though
the world is ending
and that crawling, curdling
starvation swarms your stomach
for it to be the same
always, but don't forget
that change is good.
Feel it now, but don't let it
take you over.
humble sparrow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC
A poor girl goes home,
Because her shoulders
Were too visible
In that thin, summer shirt.
Well it is summer isn’t it?
I grab the ugly paper,
Hold it in both hands
And rip it.
I collect the pieces gently,
Stick them back together,
Decorate it with a small,
Purple flower,
And write the correct version :
Dress code the boys too,
When they show up
In shorts.
A girl’s body
Isn’t a seductive provocation,
Nor a deadly weapon.
Girls,
Rip the dress codes apart,
And dress them in
Hot Pink lingerie.
patient river
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC
Soul Excursion Permission Slip:
We will embark on a trip across multiple planes of existence to satisfy your hunger for knowledge and conquest. You will observe many life forms, but the intended goal is to see yourself in them all. No matter how different or disconnected they may seem. This expedition will last multiple decades.
You keep the top part of this for your records.
Please return this slip by:
09/09/9999
weary ember
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC
Please sign
The dotted line
Below
If you are allowed
To
Eat without
Guilt or
Shame
If you can relinquish your hold
On starvation
Let go of the mirrors reflection
And
Eat
.........................................................................................................
tiny atlas
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 1:33 PM UTC
alright
go ahead
take it all
use every bit
quiet valley
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC
Oh yeah, I did have a shawarma today
a byzantine appetite obliges
as for the poetic muse,
she writes about whatever she pleases
it rained heavily today
the streets are incredibly sweet
the dusk falls softly
the room is impossibly quiet
something inside grows deeper
I am thinking about love’s strange appetite
to enmesh us at the tissue level
to build a cathedral out of your absence
wandering ridge
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC
one hall pass granted,
a one way ticket to freedom
soft magpie
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM UTC
I am giving myself permission to be authentically, unapologetically me.
steady orchard
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC
Appetite for life
I guess I need a permission slip to enjoy it once again
As it seems to slip through my fingers
Leaving me behind
Joy was once my friend
Now sorrow walks beside
Lingering in the shadows I feel no life at all
Its one appetite that leaves a staleness in me
Walking a crooked road with nowhere
to go.
Life is hollow.
quiet swallow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 5:45 AM UTC
It's not greedy to want more.
More for yourself, more for one another
It's not about betraying
A sister or brother.
Home will still be there
When my cup is full
The trimmings of this place
Are tasteless and dull
I need to move on
Find something new
Try a new delicacy
Why wouldn't you?
Stay stuck if you like,
Eat those same ready meals
I'll send you a picture
To tickle your feels
So it's time to move on
To act on this feeling
I'm off on my way
Something...sweet and appealing
bright ridge
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM UTC
a little note, not decorated, not the perfect version i'd always go for. spoiled ink, the paper wet in spaces. and it will read something plain: "with love, waiting for yours." it will be a bargain, it would be against the conditioning, against the diet i've forced myself to ensure. i'll laugh wetly, dab my inner line, and leave it by the sink, right underneath the bathroom mirror. the new diet will involve all kinds of love and its subordinates.
warm garden
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM UTC
I raise my hand in the class
"Can I have her toys, ma'am?"
No, no, gods always say and shake
That is not yours to take
Not something you can have
Without some hearts to break
But I sit down, slip in hand
I will write down the pass
With the pen wiht my bleeding past
All your tests I have passed,
With only pain left to sate my fast
So I will go for what I want
No shame, no consideration, no regards
I will have what I want
Consequences damned and all.
blue stone
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM UTC
- You ever miss boxing?
Simple question. She didn’t mean much
Is it the attention? The intimacy?
No, nothing that thoughtful.
It’s adrenaline. Greasy, raw, focused
She cocks her head at me.
I can feel the bile creeping.
- Are you alright? she asks.
No, does it matter? the adrenaline fades
- Sorry, not sure what came over me.
Her gaze feels like scalpels.
Dissecting me. I’m drawn out
- If you say so.
I’m torn. She can see my appetite
- Why? You wanna watch?
Bold, but there’s a glimmer there
Nice
salted hollow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
you never asked for permission
not once
now i am supposed to write it for you
as if it could make any difference now?
why i wonder
why do you care
you never did
you still dont
and i dont think you ever will
you want permission
but for what exactly
you already stole of me what you should have protected
you took my soul
my mind
all i see is you
all i feel is you
and it hurts
and it tears
and its wrong and i hate it i hate it i hate it
and you now want permission?
moonlit moss
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
Basic Human Meal₁ (Heat required)
1x Chicken₁ (cooked₂, Breaded₃, in a single portion)
2x Bread₁, ₂ (half-serving buns₁)
1x Potato₁ (cooked₂)
15x Green Beans₁ (cooked₂)
¹Seasoning₄ (optional)
²can be cooked in any way (Heat)
³requires Breadcrumbs₁, and Oil₂
⁴Salt, Pepper,₅
⁵Cultural (optional₅)
blue wren
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC
You have permission to want this.
To open the door a little wider
for joy you once rationed,
to let the old ache
step into the light
and name itself.
You may reach for it
without apology,
hold it without fear,
taste its shape again.
Signed: the part of you
that remembers
you are allowed
to long.
golden pine
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
An appetite I shall permit is this:
The hunger for everything the world has to offer.
To deserve it is to earn it and to earn it is to try.
Try to fly right into the sun, and keep flying.
To do what Icarus never could.
open cedar
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
I hunger for peace,
serenity in silence,
freedom on my lips
wide thrush
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC
I give myself permission to go to my town’s Target.
I give myself permission to breathe
and not feel your touch when strangers pass by.
To stop seeing you
in the tall, slender built, brown haired “boys” that wander about.
To not wake up from nightmares of the night you wouldn’t stop.
I give myself permission to go to Target
and enjoy the opportunity of life.
restless lark
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
Breakfast in Bed
Served upon
sleepy heads,
beneath a broad chest
like morning skies
bathed in sunrise.
A wooden tray
left aside,
sheets wrapped
around you and me
like sweet little pastries.
Cherry kisses,
kettle hisses,
coffee drips,
quiet morning bliss.
:)
rusted heron
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM UTC
It's okay
to want it back,
just don't let it take you off track.
I know it feels as though
the world is ending
and that crawling, curdling
starvation swarms your stomach
for it to be the same
always, but don't forget
that change is good.
Feel it now, but don't let it
take you over.
humble sparrow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC
Soul Excursion Permission Slip:
We will embark on a trip across multiple planes of existence to satisfy your hunger for knowledge and conquest. You will observe many life forms, but the intended goal is to see yourself in them all. No matter how different or disconnected they may seem. This expedition will last multiple decades.
You keep the top part of this for your records.
Please return this slip by:
09/09/9999
weary ember
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC
alright
go ahead
take it all
use every bit
quiet valley
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC
one hall pass granted,
a one way ticket to freedom
soft magpie
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM UTC
Appetite for life
I guess I need a permission slip to enjoy it once again
As it seems to slip through my fingers
Leaving me behind
Joy was once my friend
Now sorrow walks beside
Lingering in the shadows I feel no life at all
Its one appetite that leaves a staleness in me
Walking a crooked road with nowhere
to go.
Life is hollow.
quiet swallow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 5:45 AM UTC
a little note, not decorated, not the perfect version i'd always go for. spoiled ink, the paper wet in spaces. and it will read something plain: "with love, waiting for yours." it will be a bargain, it would be against the conditioning, against the diet i've forced myself to ensure. i'll laugh wetly, dab my inner line, and leave it by the sink, right underneath the bathroom mirror. the new diet will involve all kinds of love and its subordinates.
warm garden
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM UTC
- You ever miss boxing?
Simple question. She didn’t mean much
Is it the attention? The intimacy?
No, nothing that thoughtful.
It’s adrenaline. Greasy, raw, focused
She cocks her head at me.
I can feel the bile creeping.
- Are you alright? she asks.
No, does it matter? the adrenaline fades
- Sorry, not sure what came over me.
Her gaze feels like scalpels.
Dissecting me. I’m drawn out
- If you say so.
I’m torn. She can see my appetite
- Why? You wanna watch?
Bold, but there’s a glimmer there
Nice
salted hollow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
Basic Human Meal₁ (Heat required)
1x Chicken₁ (cooked₂, Breaded₃, in a single portion)
2x Bread₁, ₂ (half-serving buns₁)
1x Potato₁ (cooked₂)
15x Green Beans₁ (cooked₂)
¹Seasoning₄ (optional)
²can be cooked in any way (Heat)
³requires Breadcrumbs₁, and Oil₂
⁴Salt, Pepper,₅
⁵Cultural (optional₅)
blue wren
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC
i lay bare before you and I think,
how you’ve stripped me of all layers
stripped of my arrogance
my anger
my bite
and how you’ve got me under you, belly up, whimpering as you thrust agonisingly slow.
like a dog in heat.
hands clenched around the damp sheets, i wondered how deep you could sink
your teeth into my throat,
and drink me in like you’d do aged wine.
in a perverse way, i wanted you to do that.
suffice your appetite, my dear.
silver thistle
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC
I hereby give you the key to my heart, my body, and my soul.
moonlit otter
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTC
I give myself permission
to want in the full shape of wanting,
to let hunger arrive as its own structure,
moving with a pace that forms itself as it goes,
brushing past Feldman’s long horizons,
catching a brief edge of Stravinsky’s angles
before finding its own timing.
amber stone
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC
With this permission slip
I allow myself to let my anger
rage free without stuffing it
down so far that it hurts my very being.
distant cloud
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTC
A poor girl goes home,
Because her shoulders
Were too visible
In that thin, summer shirt.
Well it is summer isn’t it?
I grab the ugly paper,
Hold it in both hands
And rip it.
I collect the pieces gently,
Stick them back together,
Decorate it with a small,
Purple flower,
And write the correct version :
Dress code the boys too,
When they show up
In shorts.
A girl’s body
Isn’t a seductive provocation,
Nor a deadly weapon.
Girls,
Rip the dress codes apart,
And dress them in
Hot Pink lingerie.
patient river
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC
Please sign
The dotted line
Below
If you are allowed
To
Eat without
Guilt or
Shame
If you can relinquish your hold
On starvation
Let go of the mirrors reflection
And
Eat
.........................................................................................................
tiny atlas
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 1:33 PM UTC
Oh yeah, I did have a shawarma today
a byzantine appetite obliges
as for the poetic muse,
she writes about whatever she pleases
it rained heavily today
the streets are incredibly sweet
the dusk falls softly
the room is impossibly quiet
something inside grows deeper
I am thinking about love’s strange appetite
to enmesh us at the tissue level
to build a cathedral out of your absence
wandering ridge
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC
I am giving myself permission to be authentically, unapologetically me.
steady orchard
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC
It's not greedy to want more.
More for yourself, more for one another
It's not about betraying
A sister or brother.
Home will still be there
When my cup is full
The trimmings of this place
Are tasteless and dull
I need to move on
Find something new
Try a new delicacy
Why wouldn't you?
Stay stuck if you like,
Eat those same ready meals
I'll send you a picture
To tickle your feels
So it's time to move on
To act on this feeling
I'm off on my way
Something...sweet and appealing
bright ridge
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM UTC
I raise my hand in the class
"Can I have her toys, ma'am?"
No, no, gods always say and shake
That is not yours to take
Not something you can have
Without some hearts to break
But I sit down, slip in hand
I will write down the pass
With the pen wiht my bleeding past
All your tests I have passed,
With only pain left to sate my fast
So I will go for what I want
No shame, no consideration, no regards
I will have what I want
Consequences damned and all.
blue stone
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM UTC
you never asked for permission
not once
now i am supposed to write it for you
as if it could make any difference now?
why i wonder
why do you care
you never did
you still dont
and i dont think you ever will
you want permission
but for what exactly
you already stole of me what you should have protected
you took my soul
my mind
all i see is you
all i feel is you
and it hurts
and it tears
and its wrong and i hate it i hate it i hate it
and you now want permission?
moonlit moss
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
You have permission to want this.
To open the door a little wider
for joy you once rationed,
to let the old ache
step into the light
and name itself.
You may reach for it
without apology,
hold it without fear,
taste its shape again.
Signed: the part of you
that remembers
you are allowed
to long.
golden pine
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
An appetite I shall permit is this:
The hunger for everything the world has to offer.
To deserve it is to earn it and to earn it is to try.
Try to fly right into the sun, and keep flying.
To do what Icarus never could.
open cedar
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC
I hereby give you the key to my heart, my body, and my soul.
moonlit otter
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTC
Breakfast in Bed
Served upon
sleepy heads,
beneath a broad chest
like morning skies
bathed in sunrise.
A wooden tray
left aside,
sheets wrapped
around you and me
like sweet little pastries.
Cherry kisses,
kettle hisses,
coffee drips,
quiet morning bliss.
:)
rusted heron
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM UTC
A poor girl goes home,
Because her shoulders
Were too visible
In that thin, summer shirt.
Well it is summer isn’t it?
I grab the ugly paper,
Hold it in both hands
And rip it.
I collect the pieces gently,
Stick them back together,
Decorate it with a small,
Purple flower,
And write the correct version :
Dress code the boys too,
When they show up
In shorts.
A girl’s body
Isn’t a seductive provocation,
Nor a deadly weapon.
Girls,
Rip the dress codes apart,
And dress them in
Hot Pink lingerie.
patient river
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC
alright
go ahead
take it all
use every bit
quiet valley
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:47 PM UTC
I am giving myself permission to be authentically, unapologetically me.
steady orchard
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC
a little note, not decorated, not the perfect version i'd always go for. spoiled ink, the paper wet in spaces. and it will read something plain: "with love, waiting for yours." it will be a bargain, it would be against the conditioning, against the diet i've forced myself to ensure. i'll laugh wetly, dab my inner line, and leave it by the sink, right underneath the bathroom mirror. the new diet will involve all kinds of love and its subordinates.
warm garden
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 3:11 AM UTC
you never asked for permission
not once
now i am supposed to write it for you
as if it could make any difference now?
why i wonder
why do you care
you never did
you still dont
and i dont think you ever will
you want permission
but for what exactly
you already stole of me what you should have protected
you took my soul
my mind
all i see is you
all i feel is you
and it hurts
and it tears
and its wrong and i hate it i hate it i hate it
and you now want permission?
moonlit moss
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
i lay bare before you and I think,
how you’ve stripped me of all layers
stripped of my arrogance
my anger
my bite
and how you’ve got me under you, belly up, whimpering as you thrust agonisingly slow.
like a dog in heat.
hands clenched around the damp sheets, i wondered how deep you could sink
your teeth into my throat,
and drink me in like you’d do aged wine.
in a perverse way, i wanted you to do that.
suffice your appetite, my dear.
silver thistle
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC
I give myself permission to go to my town’s Target.
I give myself permission to breathe
and not feel your touch when strangers pass by.
To stop seeing you
in the tall, slender built, brown haired “boys” that wander about.
To not wake up from nightmares of the night you wouldn’t stop.
I give myself permission to go to Target
and enjoy the opportunity of life.
restless lark
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 11:14 PM UTC
With this permission slip
I allow myself to let my anger
rage free without stuffing it
down so far that it hurts my very being.
distant cloud
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTC
Soul Excursion Permission Slip:
We will embark on a trip across multiple planes of existence to satisfy your hunger for knowledge and conquest. You will observe many life forms, but the intended goal is to see yourself in them all. No matter how different or disconnected they may seem. This expedition will last multiple decades.
You keep the top part of this for your records.
Please return this slip by:
09/09/9999
weary ember
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM UTC
Oh yeah, I did have a shawarma today
a byzantine appetite obliges
as for the poetic muse,
she writes about whatever she pleases
it rained heavily today
the streets are incredibly sweet
the dusk falls softly
the room is impossibly quiet
something inside grows deeper
I am thinking about love’s strange appetite
to enmesh us at the tissue level
to build a cathedral out of your absence
wandering ridge
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC
Appetite for life
I guess I need a permission slip to enjoy it once again
As it seems to slip through my fingers
Leaving me behind
Joy was once my friend
Now sorrow walks beside
Lingering in the shadows I feel no life at all
Its one appetite that leaves a staleness in me
Walking a crooked road with nowhere
to go.
Life is hollow.
quiet swallow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 5:45 AM UTC
I raise my hand in the class
"Can I have her toys, ma'am?"
No, no, gods always say and shake
That is not yours to take
Not something you can have
Without some hearts to break
But I sit down, slip in hand
I will write down the pass
With the pen wiht my bleeding past
All your tests I have passed,
With only pain left to sate my fast
So I will go for what I want
No shame, no consideration, no regards
I will have what I want
Consequences damned and all.
blue stone
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:37 AM UTC
Basic Human Meal₁ (Heat required)
1x Chicken₁ (cooked₂, Breaded₃, in a single portion)
2x Bread₁, ₂ (half-serving buns₁)
1x Potato₁ (cooked₂)
15x Green Beans₁ (cooked₂)
¹Seasoning₄ (optional)
²can be cooked in any way (Heat)
³requires Breadcrumbs₁, and Oil₂
⁴Salt, Pepper,₅
⁵Cultural (optional₅)
blue wren
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC
I hunger for peace,
serenity in silence,
freedom on my lips
wide thrush
May 23
May 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC
I give myself permission
to want in the full shape of wanting,
to let hunger arrive as its own structure,
moving with a pace that forms itself as it goes,
brushing past Feldman’s long horizons,
catching a brief edge of Stravinsky’s angles
before finding its own timing.
amber stone
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC
It's okay
to want it back,
just don't let it take you off track.
I know it feels as though
the world is ending
and that crawling, curdling
starvation swarms your stomach
for it to be the same
always, but don't forget
that change is good.
Feel it now, but don't let it
take you over.
humble sparrow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC
Please sign
The dotted line
Below
If you are allowed
To
Eat without
Guilt or
Shame
If you can relinquish your hold
On starvation
Let go of the mirrors reflection
And
Eat
.........................................................................................................
tiny atlas
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 1:33 PM UTC
one hall pass granted,
a one way ticket to freedom
soft magpie
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 9:15 AM UTC
It's not greedy to want more.
More for yourself, more for one another
It's not about betraying
A sister or brother.
Home will still be there
When my cup is full
The trimmings of this place
Are tasteless and dull
I need to move on
Find something new
Try a new delicacy
Why wouldn't you?
Stay stuck if you like,
Eat those same ready meals
I'll send you a picture
To tickle your feels
So it's time to move on
To act on this feeling
I'm off on my way
Something...sweet and appealing
bright ridge
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM UTC
- You ever miss boxing?
Simple question. She didn’t mean much
Is it the attention? The intimacy?
No, nothing that thoughtful.
It’s adrenaline. Greasy, raw, focused
She cocks her head at me.
I can feel the bile creeping.
- Are you alright? she asks.
No, does it matter? the adrenaline fades
- Sorry, not sure what came over me.
Her gaze feels like scalpels.
Dissecting me. I’m drawn out
- If you say so.
I’m torn. She can see my appetite
- Why? You wanna watch?
Bold, but there’s a glimmer there
Nice
salted hollow
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM UTC
You have permission to want this.
To open the door a little wider
for joy you once rationed,
to let the old ache
step into the light
and name itself.
You may reach for it
without apology,
hold it without fear,
taste its shape again.
Signed: the part of you
that remembers
you are allowed
to long.
golden pine
May 22
May 22, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC