i wake up thirsty and i think of palestine. i go to the doctorâs office and i think of palestine. a sign in the corner of the waiting room says âthis is a place of healing, disruptive behavior will not be toleratedâ and i think of palestine. they probably werenât thinking of bombs and snipers and mass graves in parking lots. i call my parents and i think of palestine. i drive to the grocery store and i think of palestine. i look at the clear blue sky and i think of palestine. i put the dishes away and i think of palestine. i feed my cat and i think of palestine. i listen to music and i think of palestine. i read poetry and i think of palestine. i text my friends and i think of palestine. i think of palestine and i think of palestine and i think of palestine
So hereâs what Iâve got, the reasons why our marriage
might work: Because you wear pink but write poems
about bullets and gravestones. Because you yell
at your keys when you lose them, and laugh,
loudly, at your own jokes. Because you can hold a pistol,
gut a pig. Because you memorize songs, even commercials
from thirty years back and sing them when vacuuming.
You have soft hands. Because when we moved, the contents
of what you packed were written inside the boxes.
Because you think swans are overrated and kind of stupid.
Because you drove me to the train station. You drove me
to Minneapolis. You drove me to Providence.
Because you underline everything you read, and circle
the things you think are important, and put stars next
to the things you think I should think are important,
and write notes in the margins about all the people
youâre mad at and my name almost never appears there.
Because you make that pork recipe you found
in the Frida Kahlo Cookbook. Because when you read
that essay about Rilke, you underlined the whole thing
except the part where Rilke says love means to deny the self
and to be consumed in flames. Because when the lights
are off, the curtains drawn, and an additional sheet is nailed
over the windows, you still believe someone outside
can see you. And one day five summers ago,
when you couldnât put gas in your car, when your fridge
was so emptyânot even leftovers or condimentsâ
there was a single twenty-ounce bottle of Mountain Dew,
which you paid for with your last damn dime
because you once overheard me say that I liked it.
â Matthew Olzmann, âMountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poemâ
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âForest Samplerâ - machine quilted paper, hand embroidery, paper sculpture, beading. Â Displayed in an antique printerâs tray. by Lost Lake Studio
What is this sorcery?! I could just sit and stare at these all dayđđđ @lurker-no-more
Oh hell yeah thatâs what the fuck Iâm talking about
All handmade by an artist in Japan named Kiyomi. Check out her instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/chiisanashiawase2015/