i'm turning 32 but the years run together
takes effort to remember my age
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i thought i'd cast a spell to keep the goblin away
but he's back, side-eyeing me from behind the staircase
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do you know the words humble and human are related?
they both sprouted from the root dhghem-
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notes for a village sonnet:
when sleeping beauty's parents outlawed spinning wheels
what happened to the kingdom's textile industry?
like, the economy would have been rocked, right?
imagine the price of the black market thread
now that's a fairy who knows how to land a curse
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GOBLINS GOBLINS EVERYWHERE
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i'm doing that thing again,
where i open up instagram
find a profile of someone from high school
scroll through their followers list and see who i can remember
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dhgem- as in earth
humble human, earthly earthling
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i resolve to be a better composter
skinning squash and scooping seeds
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in my life i've been so many things:
actor, alcoholic, academic, astrologic
christian, gifted and talented, texan
new yorker, poor, less poor, out west
college student, grad student, child
somethings else, you fill in the blank
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i couldn't find the goblin who lived across the park
i couldn't even remember his name
but the ceramicist follows the moralizing baptist preacher
who went around to all our schools and gave speeches about abstinence
in his profile picture he's looking up at you like you're god
like he's a disgusting little goblin bug you could squash
with just one step
🧌 Hannah Lamb-Vines prays for a free Palestine from Berkeley, California. Find them on Instagram @embarrassed4evr.