Life
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Fight, Flight, or… – Velvet Rage Skill #3
The presence of intense emotions will increase the likelihood of seeing ONLY this or ONLY that as possible reactions.
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Sonnet XXIII – The Map a River Makes
And now, behold, the deluge comes anon; containers burst and none can stand the wash.
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Serenity Now! – Velvet Rage Skill #2
Yes, it turns out when Jesus tells us to “love your neighbor as yourself”, it only really works right IF YOU LOVE YOURSELF.
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WWRBD? – Velvet Rage Skill #1
Our hearts tell the truth, even when what it has to say scares the shit out of us.
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The Velvet Rage – Pre-Pride Ponderings
“Straight people don’t get a Pride Month!” Exactly.
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Sincerely, Me.
Yeah, nailed it. Again.
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MAYbe Day 2021 – #SoCS
“Good luck with your self-discovery, Ben!”
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misdirection
I’m somewhere north of Nashville; that’s all you get for now.
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Shattered Pains
If there is glass between me and another world, something needs to change…
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sorry, mom?
is swearing permitted? here?
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exulansis
beyond the shoal; awash, my soul…
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Innocence Lost
A deal not meant for me, I bought; Account was mostly overdrawn.
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Voiding in Woods on a Snowy Evening
The woods are empty, none to show, The ice has made the stream quite slow, And hours again until I go, And hours again until I go.
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Occasion
I’ve kept these words at bay for years; “Occasion” this shall be.
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Nearly Threatened
Regret is a medium-sized toothed emotion and a uniquely specialized predator…
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wild and precious
Tell me, what else should I have done?Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life? Well, Mary… I MUST call you Mary.I hope that won’t pose a problem,Ms Oliver. In our circle, you are just Mary,and we all know it’s you.…
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crosscut
Many hands make light work, even when the saw only has room for four.
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it may cost your soul
You can, of course, make choices, and…You can, but it may cost your soul.
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dismount
But friendless souls are angry haunts; degrading makes belonging wrong.
