sometimes i wonder how many versions of myself i’ve outgrown without even noticing. i look back at old photos and remember the thoughts i used to carry, the dreams i thought would save me. it’s strange how you can live inside yourself every day and still not realize you’re evolving. it’s only when you look back that you realize how far you’ve come, how many lives you’ve already lived in the same skin.
Writing poems in the margins of a notebook no one reads.
Not as a failure.
But as a kind of freedom.
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I'm so frustrated. I live in NYCity. My building is a coop with many of us residents over 65--one of the highly vaccinated age groups. Our mayor has imposed severe restrictions on unvaccinated residents: no indoor entertainment, no gyms, no tennis courts, no movies, no restaurants, no theater, no sports activities. As he says, "New York is a great city, but you don't deserve to enjoy it if you are unvaccinated." WOW. And most of this city's highly Democratic constituency are fine with the…
I live in NYC also. It is truly appalling, all of it, but especially the enthusiasm for jabbing kids, and a perfect example of the extreme and growing degeneracy of the entire area.