scorpia

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

how many “i love yous” can you fit in your mouth?

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

the list of things i used to be far exceeds the list of things i am

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

don't talk to the bad animals

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

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[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

mourn the loss of the idea & begin again

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

more spider, less man

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

there, but for the grace of ??? go i

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

strawberry lonely & honeydew blue

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

he's a real Renaissance Man
a real Baroque Man
a real Classic Man
a real Romantic Man
a real Modern Man
a real Post-Modern Man

[. @precariouswords]

an emerald spider slips between my spine. i am going into the dark. it spins a soft web of viridian light, offers me 8 hands to hold

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

i pull the earthworms out from beneath my skin and tell them, "i love you, but you can't live here anymore"

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

i am not going to reinvent myself; i am only going to disassemble my machinery, wipe off the rust, and put the parts back together

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

roots sprout from the soles of my feet, daisies grow from my fingertips. i open my mouth and honeybees fly out

[bright horse @brighthorse]

even the mountain fidgets, even the hummingbird is still

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

i sometimes feel like every time i speak, no matter which words i use in what order, i am only ever trying to articulate the same thing

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

joy has nothing to do with happiness

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

i want to listen to it growl from the inside. i want its vibrations to rattle my bones until they break

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

i want to shrink myself to the size of a thumbtack and fall into the belly of a cello

[scorpia @eloquentoceans]

sticky air & pale blue clouds & cold concrete & a stomach that refuses to stop churning