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I remember Kitty saying we shared a deep longing for

the consolation prize, laughing as we rinsed the stagecoach.

I remember the night we camped out

and I heard her whisper

“think of me as a place” from her sleeping bag

with the centaur print.

I remember being in her father’s basement workshop

when we picked up an unknown man sobbing

over the shortwave radio

and the night we got so high we convinced ourselves

that the road was a hologram projected by the headlight beams.

I remember how she would always get everyone to vote

on what we should do next and the time she said

“all water is classic water” and shyly turned her face away.

At volleyball games her parents sat in the bleachers

like ambassadors from Indiana in all their midwestern schmaltz.

She was destroyed when they were busted for operating

a private judicial system within U.S. borders.



Sometimes I’m awakened in the middle of the night

by the clatter of a room service cart and I think back on Kitty.

Those summer evenings by the government lake,

talking about the paradox of multiple Santas

or how it felt to have your heart broken.

I still get a hollow feeling on Labor Day when the summer ends

and I remember how I would always refer to her boyfriends

as what’s-his-face, which was wrong of me and I’d like

to apologize to those guys right now, wherever they are:

No one deserves to be called what’s-his-face.

▪️David Berman, Classic Water

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🏳️‍🌈 STATEWIDE PROTEST FOR PRIDE
March 1, 2025
St. Joseph, MO

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🏳️‍🌈 STATEWIDE PROTEST FOR PRIDE
March 1, 2025
St. Joseph, MO

#loveislove #resist #pride #resilience #protest

Born to frolic in the woods
Forced to fight fascism

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I am always begging my body not to be so broken
but my body just laughs because it knows who started
this war. on days like this, I am ashamed to look in the
mirror so I lie in bed and pretend to be someone else.
the pretending is another thing to be ashamed of but
that is a story for later. everything I’ve ever
wanted is miles away from my outstretched hands.
I’m beginning to question the point of desire
and things are getting bad again. but sometimes
there are more practical things to consider
like co-pays and insurance companies. I stay in bed.
if only things would hurt in a clearer way.

▪️Fortesa Latifi, chronic illness

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"I look at joy as an act of resistance against despair and its forces — all the forces of despair." - Willie James Jennings

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In a time of hate
Love is an act of resistance
In a time of fear
Faith is an act of resistance
In a time of misinformation
Education is an act of resistance 
In a time of poor leadership
Community is an act of resistance

In a time like this
Joy is an act of resistance

Resist. Resist. Resist. 
-Loryn Brantz



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"Love of the self is to reach out and take your own hand."- Sarah Blondin

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