Hammond B3 Organ Cistern by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi, “My Perimenopausal Body Cistern Disappointing How Surprising”
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praise house: the new economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
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Most Days I Want to Live
by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Not all days. But most days
I do. Most days the garden’s
almost enough: little pink flowers
on the sage, even though
the man said we couldn’t eat
it. Not this kind. And I said,
Then, gosh. What’s the point?
The flowers themselves,
I suppose. The rain came
and then the hail came and my love
brought them in. Even tipped
over they look optimistic.
I know it’s too late to envy
the flowers. That century’s
over and done. And hope?
That’s a jinx. But I did set them
right. I patted them a little.
And prayed for myself, which
is embarrassing to admit
in this day and age. But I did it.
Because no one was looking
or listening anyway.
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Another Calvocoressi post, I feel a sense of longing/yearning from each line and the nostalgia of the past is eating me alive.
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i want
sometimes, you just want something so hard you have to lie about it, so you can hold it in your mouth for a minute
most days i want to live
to experience
how real hunger has a real taste
most days the garden‘s almost enough.
your vulnerability
little pink flowers
on the sage, even though
the man said we couldnt‘t eat it. not this kind.
and i said,
then, gosh, what‘s the point?
not all days. but most days i do
but
i don‘t want
to be vulnerable
in a field i am the absence of field.
this is always the case.
wherever i am
i am what is missing
do you love me enough that i may be
vulnerability is courage in you and inadequacy in me
weak
with you? do you love me
i‘m drawn
stripped of everything
to your vulnerability but
that might be lost, for only
the things i will
have
repelled by mine
for ever?
Dancing Greatly, Brené Brown | 《山河令》 Word of Honor (2021) | Lies About Sea Creatures, Ada Limón | Most Days I Want To Live, Gabrielle Calvocoressi | Keeping Things Whole, Mark Strand | Essays In Love, Alain de Botton
companion piece to this
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(Visit "Hammond B3 Organ Cistern" if you'd like to hear it read by the author!)
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Miss you. Would like to grab that chilled tofu we love. by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi, “Achingly Beautiful How the Sky Blooms Umber at the End of the Day, Through the Canopy” [ID in alt text]
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miss you. would like to take a walk with you. by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
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"Miss you. / Would love to walk to the post office with you. / Bring the ghost dog. We’ll walk past the waterfall / and you can tell me about the after."
Read it here | Reblog for a larger sample size!
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