follow the black rabbit

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feel feel feel

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I live my life in growing orbits which move out over the things of the world.

Rainer Maria Rilke (via serpentskirt)

i’m excited about my new life

I took a bath today for the first time in a long time.
The smell of bath soap vanilla was distracting. Tomorrow I move
to a new apartment made of tiny words on tiny pages.
The hair on my leg was fine.
The warm water was alone.
I felt warm, the way I feel warm with a person.
Loneliness is different for someone easy with others.
In their film, the others do not mill about like streaks of dirt or rain on a window.
The bathtub was not lonely. The bathtub was good like a friend is good,
impure with your skincells and marine salad.
I remember being female and suddenly loneliness is different.
I’m tired of the shapes of things.
I’m tired of struggles that are not mine.
The soapsuds struggled and their struggle was mine.
If only I could speak for the coal encrusted stovetops
my mother speaks of, and the people in that room with the stove
she does not speak of.
I dropped a theorist in the bathtub. He says that there is no human nature
because the question doesn’t exist.
Concepts are tools, I echoed as I fished him out of the water.
I have been alone for most of my life. It is easy
to forget that. I just want to touch someone who doesn’t understand
and go on that way until I die.

ero guro sensu

First two parts already installed: Diary Entries in the Name of Dan

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popserial: Feng Sun Chen, a poet living in Minneapolis, and a Pop Serial contributor, has a poem entitled “Glitter” that is competing for the “Palooka People’s Choice Award.” You can vote for Feng’s poem to win. I like the poem a lot. 

vote for my poem “Glitter” in PPCA (if you like it)

(taken directly from http://www.palookajournal.com/ppca.htm)

PALOOKA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

Do you know what time it is?

Yup, it’s time for all you devoted Palooka People to vote!

1) Please read the ABOUT THE AWARD section below before voting.

2) Only one vote per person, per e-mail address is allowed.

3) Please write the title of the poem you think should win in the SUBJECT portion of your e-mail.

4) Please tell us why you’ve selected this poem in the body of the e-mail.

5) Enjoy the read, the voting and the fact that YOU as a reader and fan are making an important decision that will decide the winner of a very competitive contest.

Send Votes: PPCA@palookajournal.com

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The Hairdresser by Deana Dueno Glitter by Feng Chen Thought I Had by Jacob Uitti The End of Time by Jeremy Halinen Slow Fade to Black by Kelly Cockerham

ABOUT THE AWARD

Ever wonder what it’s like to judge a creative writing competition? Well,

now’s your chance!

We’re proud to announce the Palooka People’s Choice Award, a whole new
literary award experience. This is how it works: We select 5 finalists,
then YOU select the winner.

The five finalists will be named and their works will be uploaded onto the
Palooka website by the end of the summer. Then all you underdogs out there
will be able to read the entries and vote for your favorite. The winner
will be published in our debut Winter Issue.

We will alternate between poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for each issue’s
People’s Choice Award. For this round, we–or rather, you–will be
considering poetry. Every poetry submission we receive will be considered
for this award with NO ADDITIONAL CONTEST FEE.

So stay tuned and as soon as we round up five poems we find utterly
outstanding, we’ll hand them over to you for the final reading round.

Thank you, Palooka People, for your continued support and encouragement.

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vote in PPCA! Hopefully for me!