#helga floros

[typewriter-worries]

It's world poetry day so here are some (more) of my favorite poems:

What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade by Brad Aaron Modlin

All Trains Are Going Local by Timothy Liu

Rural Boys Watch the Apocalypse by Keaton St. James (@boykeats)

HOPE YOU’RE WELL. PLEASE DON’T READ THIS. by Lev St. Valentine (@dogrotpdf)

Time of Love by Claribel Alegría

Every Job Has a First Day by Rebecca Gayle Howell

ALL THAT WANTING, RIGHT? by Devin Kelly

Reading by A.R. Ammons

things i want to ask you by Helga Floros

Night Bird by Danusha Laméris

Prayer for Werewolves by Stephanie Burt

The Two Times I Loved You the Most In a Car by Dorothea Grossman

The Yearner by Rachel Long

If I Had Three Lives by Sarah Russell

I Dream on a Crowded Subway Train with My Eyes Open But My Body Swaying by Chen Chen

We Have Not Long to Love by Tennessee Williams

Jesus at the Gay Bar by Jay Hulme

Cracks by Dieu Dinh

and here's part one <3

[asoftepiloguemylove]

Could you do one of suffering from an "almost something" relationship.

If thats too difficult, something about heartbreak it's okay ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹🥺

Helga Floros things i want to ask you. / Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler's Wife / unknown / @hamletmaschine unaligned (2016) / Natasha Trethewey Memorial Drive / Jan Heller Levi Writing for This Story to End Before I Begin Another

[atealiers]

Helga Floros — "things i want to ask you"

[artisticexistential]

No because Clarice Lispector said, “Who has not asked himself at some time or another: am I a monster or is this what it means to be human?” and Florence Welch said, “But you have to satisfy the monster. The monster has loved you for longer than anybody else.” and Ocean Vuong said, “and what I really wanted to say was that a monster isn’t such a terrible thing to be.” and Helga Floros said, “I want to ask you which monster scared you the most as a kid.” and Mary Shelley said, “When I looked around, I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster?” and Fredrich Neitzche said, “Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?” but he also said, “Throw roses into the abyss and say; ‘here’s my thanks to the monster that didn’t succeed in swallowing me alive.’” and Mark Manson said, “There are still monsters in the back of my mind, and there probably always will be, but they’re getting quieter now.”

[imaginemirage]

i always cry when i grocery shop. lingering in the produce aisle, turning every fruit over in my hands to find the ones unmarked. i want to ask you if you can love damaged goods. i want to ask you if you're scared of your father.

Helga Floros

[girlaginggirl]

[anush-a]

things i want to ask you.

- helga floros

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i want to ask you what god feels like. a dawn-kissed lily or the knife in your back. something to be afraid of. do you cross the road when you see a black cat? throw salt over your shoulder when you catch your own reflection and the mirror breaks? i don’t. how do you like your waffles? i want to ask you about that. i want to ask you about breakfast and honey. sunlight. do you like strawberry smoothies? there are so many things i want to say but don’t know how to. i’m thinking about angels again. i could be one, if i wanted to. like every animal, i was born from blood and shit. i’ll learn to bite my nails. i’ll mutate. mutilate. file my teeth till they’re razor sharp and bite my own fingers off. do you like pasta? i always cry when i grocery shop. lingering in the produce aisle, turning every fruit over in my hands to find the ones unmarked. i want to ask you if you can love damaged goods. i want to ask you if you’re scared of your father. if you could surround yourself in a colour, which would it be? i want to be a warm yellow. i want to be a light blue. i want to be a colour and nothing else. there’s only one mirror in my apartment, it’s the one by the bathroom sink, and i keep it covered by a towel. this is where i’m supposed to make a vampire joke, but i’m not very funny. if i had to live forever, i think i’d kill myself, and yes i get the irony. i want to ask you which monster scared you the most as a kid. do you believe in parallel universes? i think sentience was a mistake. i think this body was a mistake. i want to ask you if you like strawberry ice cream. i want to ask you if you sleep with the lights on

[moon-shower]

how do you like your waffles? i want to ask you about that. i want to ask you about breakfast and honey. sunlight. do you like strawberry smoothies? there are so many things i want to say but don’t know how to.

— helga floros | things i want to ask you

[nmwritings]

[upsidedog]

the islands, victoria chang / birds hover the trampled field, richard siken / post, ojibwa / everything leads to you, nina lacour / illustration, wormbus / i’d have to think about it, leith ross / entropy, beach bunny / post, trista mateer / unknown, veincold / things i want to ask you, helga floros / stranger things throughout

[taylorjohnson]

you have known that i love you for so long. i love you. why do you torture me? dialogues on love, sue zhao / mean streets, dir. martin scorsese / things i want to ask you, helga floros / sour breath, julien baker / if you're gonna break my heart, inhaler / untitled, @/510315 / nightmare alley, dir. guillermo del toro / evacuation, greg puciato / untitled, sue zhao / the dogs i have kissed, trista mateer; unknown, caitlyn siehl / untitled, _journalsandjunk_ on ig / night shift, lucy dacus / scenes from a marriage, dir. hagai levi; literary sexts, michael cantin / cascando, samuel beckett.

[typewriter-worries]

i want to ask you what god feels like. a dawn-kissed lily or the knife in your back. something to be afraid of.

- things i want to ask you, Helga Floros

[violetwritess]

“i always cry when i grocery shop. lingering in the produce aisle, turning every fruit over in my hands to find the ones unmarked. i want to ask you if you can love damaged goods. i want to ask you if you're scared of your father.”

- helga floros, from "things i want to ask you"

[agentsketchbook]

The guys I need in my guy squad

Read about some of the squad guys below!

Thistle is the youngest member of Molly's gang, born in 1988, 3 years after our main story begins. Later on in the timeline, she grows up to be spunky, rebellious, and fiery, as seen by her rock throwing.

Cole Manors is a cabbage floro and the oldest member of the gang, somewhere in his 80s. He is a retired architect and former construction worker. He helped renovate the operation's original and new bases in abandoned mine sites.

Alli Oops is a life loving yoga instructor and one of the first ones to get behind anything exciting. Their unamity is an allium floro. They are highly flexible, but accident prone! Pictured with Amata Gemoule, who is fumbling with their moves.

Helly (Helga) Faer is the very 40 year old pharmaceutical engineer who created the sun drug all the buzz is about in ITR. Smart, practical, and methodical. She is stubborn and a little hard headed, and that's not mentioning her literally thick viral skin.

Detroit Agate is an exciting artificial petraphine. He relies on car paint to supplement his diet to maintain his body's form and appearance rather than natural minerals, explaining the artificial. He loves to lecture and tell stories of his life to those who will listen. He's got a can do attitude and energy for days. Pictured are Pinku Usagi, Amata, and Pigeon Wing spectating a yarn he's spinning.

Sunshine Waters is the 32 year old 12 foot tall giant sunflower floro who is a part of things. He was a former mine worker like Amata, and currently trying to write novels with the help of his partner, Dazey Will Do.

Dazey Will Do is the 43 year old 4 foot tall powerhouse behind the gang who manages things alongside the two female founders and Heliotrope's advising. He is a quick thinker, light on his feet, and just as nervous. Polite to his detriment at times.

Sakana Furikake is the 28 year old cherry tree floro who fills the room with his flashiness whether he likes it or not. He's an artist, model, you name it who lives with his business partner and ex, Rose Buddy. He is a funny mix of both maternal and childish at the same time.

Oleander is a reader floro who works as a prep cook by day and was a former hitman. He prizes his gun collection, which he can fire with accuracy despite having no eyes using his reading senses. He knows when to lay low and when to stir some chaos. Or so we think.

Molly Mandrake is the 28 year old leader of the pack. She founded this whole gang alongside Helly back in 1976 to make a difference for floro sapiens affected by the steep pricing of the sun drug. The method ended up being to illegally create and distribute it under everybody's noses. She's calm, friendly, and smiles through it all.

Hansa Geoluhread is a yellow rose type floro who spends his time doing yard work for the elderly and disabled population in his neighborhood. A massive fan of cartoons and anime, he is caught up on his mangas to the right to left reading letter.

[saniyayay]

things i want to ask you.

i want to ask you what god feels like. a dawn-kissed lily or the knife in your back. something to be afraid of. do you cross the road when you see a black cat? throw salt over your shoulder when you catch your own reflection and the mirror breaks? i don’t. how do you like your waffles? i want to ask you about that. i want to ask you about breakfast and honey. sunlight. do you like strawberry smoothies? there are so many things i want to say but don’t know how to. i’m thinking about angels again. i could be one, if i wanted to. like every animal, i was born from blood and shit. i’ll learn to bite my nails. i’ll mutate. mutilate. file my teeth till they’re razor sharp and bite my own fingers off. do you like pasta? i always cry when i grocery shop. lingering in the produce aisle, turning every fruit over in my hands to find the ones unmarked. i want to ask you if you can love damaged goods. i want to ask you if you’re scared of your father. if you could surround yourself in a colour, which would it be? i want to be a warm yellow. i want to be a light blue. i want to be a colour and nothing else. there’s only one mirror in my apartment, it’s the one by the bathroom sink, and i keep it covered by a towel. this is where i’m supposed to make a vampire joke, but i’m not very funny. if i had to live forever, i think i’d kill myself, and yes i get the irony. i want to ask you which monster scared you the most as a kid. do you believe in parallel universes? i think sentience was a mistake. i think this body was a mistake. i want to ask you if you like strawberry ice cream. i want to ask you if you sleep with the lights on.

by helga floros 

[wholesomequotess]

how do you like your waffles? I want to ask you about that. I want to ask you about breakfast and honey. sunlight. do you like strawberry smoothies? there are so many things I want to say but don't know how to.

(excerpted from Helga Floros' things i want to ask you, published in Peach Magazine)