Tag: parallels

violentwavesofemotion:

Alicia Ostriker, from The Imaginary Lover: Poems; “25th Year of Marriage, It Goes On,”

So I’ll be the loser in this game
I’ll be the bad guy in the play
I’ll be the water main that’s burst and flooding
You’ll be by the window, only watchin’

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I always thought the choice was mine
And I was right, but I just chose wrong
I start the day lying and end with the truth
That I’m dying for the knife

I always thought the choice was mine
And I was right, but I just chose wrong
I start the day lying and end with the truth
That I’m dying for the knife

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”Working for the Knife” by Mitski

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“The history of mankind in four words…”
“Mimi nyama, wewe kisu. I’m the meat, you’re the knife.”

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“I’m the Meat, You’re the Knife” by Paul Theroux

sundayonfire:

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childhood ever-present in adulthood.

ADULTHOOD II – NIKKI GIOVANNI // BILLBOARDS IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO // UPSTREAM – MARY OLIVER // BOYS PLAYING MARBLES – JOE SCHWARTZ // NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS: 1931-2001 – CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ // A STORM CLOSES IN ON PADUCAH, TEXAS, ON MAY 10, 2017 – DREW ANGERER // STORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD – B. N. PRESSMAN