Summertime Sadness: Lana Del Rey didn’t prepare me for this level of misery
I know that I should remain positive and motivated and remember that everything will turn out okay–but damn it feels good to just wallow sometimes.
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“Unmarked”: A Photography Series Reexamines True Crime
Stephen Chalmer’s photography series “Unmarked” provides a refreshing breath of empathy into the unbelievably popular and macabre genre of true crime. Not the misplaced kind of empathy that leads people to stupidly sympathize with and idolize serial killers–it’s the good kind that brings light to the victims. In describing his work, Chalmer’s website describes these […]
Read MorePoetry Rec: The Colonel
The colonel returned with a sack used to bring groceries
home. He spilled many human ears on the table. They were like
dried peach halves.
My First Tattoo & a Poetry Rec: Fever 103°
If tattoos offended Santa Clause, then they offended ME. I think it’s also the reason why I was always so standoffish about tattoos as I became an adult. That and I would never put Christmas in peril.
Read MorePoetry Rec: A brief history of the orchid
Greek women believed eating orchids made their unborn babies boys
Read MoreOf Crow-flowers, Nettles, and Daisies
“Okay,” She leaned closer to the camera, “So, my cousin told me that her brother-in-law says his neighbor’s uncle was caught fucking an alligator.”
Read MorePoetry Rec: Her Kind
I have gone out, a possessed witch
Read MorePoetry Rec: The Death of Marilyn Monroe
The ambulance men touched her cold body, lifted it, heavy as iron, onto the stretcher
Read MorePoetry Rec: Wage Slave
My paycheck is a pittance. I try not to cry until after work.
Read MoreThe National Anthem of the USSR is a BOP
I’m not going apologize for speaking the truth.
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