Archive (Page 9) • The Main Event, by stacy-marie ishmael

2023-01-22 / what if in the endlessness, / what if in a lifetime of conversations,/

2023-01-15 I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways;

2023-01-08 You weep, Janus! / Or is that laughter

2023-01-01 it will be hard to let go / of what i said to myself / about myself

2022-12-18 We tell ourselves stories in order to live

2022-12-11 Nothing / in the world / is usual today.

2022-12-04 these islands real / more real / than flesh and blood

2022-11-27 We have been better for it,/

2022-11-20 what is that about, going out / and not having to explain

2022-11-13 And yes, I have at times wished myself something different.

2022-11-06 the black sky rushed at us / like we were falling upwards

2022-10-30 Some think / nothing is so / until it has been witnessed.

2022-10-23 I want to roar but their ears / can never attune to my voice.

2022-10-16 Watch them seethe when stimulated

2022-10-02 foolishly imagines / she has the right to exist.

2022-09-25 How much have I dared in opposition?

2022-09-18 We give because someone gave to us. / We give because nobody gave to us.

2022-09-11 Is there aught you need that my hands withhold, / Rich gifts of raiment or grain or gold?

2022-09-04 then meaning came with its invincible glare

2022-08-28 sun rises / like rent / sun rises / like a flag / sun rises / like the ocean