Naked with Other Women

January 24, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

Today I visited an onsen in Yokosuka and omg, I will never recover from the healing, mysticism, and embodiment I experienced!

Behind the Curtain

January 22, 2023.Reading time 1 minute.

I think the most rebellious thing a woman like me can do in this society is acquire knowledge.

Complicit

January 17, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I became complicit
in my own consumption

Cool Down

January 15, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

Seated in the living room on an uncharacteristically hot afternoon, I was having a hard time concentrating on my work. Noticing the discomfort in my body, he asked me to close my laptop and join him for a little break.

Frozen Strawberry

January 10, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I never meant for you to know me, never meant to let you in.

House Hunting

January 8, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Tell me what you want and I’ll make sure my wife gets it for you.”

Ascension

January 6, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’ve met myself among the moon and the stars, perhaps catapulted here by one of those stick and rubber band slingshots younger me used to make.

wet

January 5, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ll be your
favorite story

w/ Great Power

January 3, 2023.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve decided to reframe things I want to accomplish as challenges instead of goals.

Makeup

January 1, 2023.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Baby, how much longer?”

“10 more minutes,” I shout over the music.

A Year in Rope

December 27, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

At the beginning of 2022, I was in a bad way. It became impossible to avoid certain truths as my body refused to be numb any longer. Suddenly, I was drowning in emotions—grief, shame, remorse, plus my usual dose of melancholy.

Window

December 25, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Would you lay
in bed with me on a
lazy Sunday morning

Idol Worship

December 24, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

Truth be told, the first time I saw Eartha Kitt, she kind of scared me. Well, not Eartha herself, but the character she played in Boomerang—that purring old lady, it really spooked me as a kid.

Crawling

December 18, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

From across the room I sense the look you’re wearing and I’m captivated by the near sight of you.

Up-skirt 2

December 13, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve bathed in the light of a brilliant moon

Locking Up

December 11, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

At the agreed upon hour, I heard a knock on my door. I grab you by the belt buckle and lead you inside.

Velocity

December 8, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

There’s nothing keeping
me here anymore;
maybe I should go

Twisted Red

December 6, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A sonnet for every scar

Teach Me to Talk

December 4, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

We were sitting on either side of his couch watching Yellowstone while hella stoned. At some point I stretched my body like a golden cat in the afternoon sun and my cold soles touched his thigh.

starlight laden eyes

December 1, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

halfway through the night
I saw a strange creature

Do you ever feel Crazy?

November 29, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

Do you ever feel crazy? Crazy for wanting what you want, crazy for doing what you do, crazy for not doing what you really want to do?

Never Have I Ever

November 27, 2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’d never done anything like this before and my heart thumped nervously in my chest as I pulled into the parking lot. After battling with self doubt and uncertainty, I released a long sigh and loosened my grip on the steering wheel.

Idea

November 22, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have this idea that I can paint on my body with rope, lay out a path to freedom—the on-my-body-railroad.

Public Tease, 2

November 20, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

When it rains, I always consider canceling plans. Water can soothe or smother, and I don’t like thinking about traction. Thankfully, today I didn’t cancel. I braved the cold and rain to play some public games.