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Queen's Pink

9/22/2012

Friday evening
droops
from a week's herculean effort.
Workers freed by 5 o'clock
don't looked gladdened.
Trudge. Grudge.
Dangling dreams of respite
mixed with city sirens,
and low-grade self-pity,
suddenly INTERRUPTED
by an outrageous SLAP
from conspiring petals
planted at a bustling corner
to uplift the weary
with beauty and hope.
The worker bee remembered her crown,
adjusted it, while deciding:

"Well, if they can keep their splendor
in rushing fumes and angry horns,
so can I."

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An Existential Journal

The question "How are you?" is PROFOUND.

But it has been watered-down to a synonym for "Hello."

Forced or fake auto-responses of obligated okay-ness are expected.

(And if you are going through something tragic, it really doesn't matter! Every social encounter OPENS with this well-established Ritual of Insincerity.)

The question "How are you?" prompts an answer that begins with "I AM _____________."

This means many times each day, you are invited to SPEAK THE MOST POWERFUL STATEMENT that can be spoken of yourself.

And the socially-expected thing to do, is be QUICK + SLICK with your answer.

For a change... TAKE YOUR TIME, and tell your truth. ✍🏾