Doubled over in the bathroom Sick and suffering, Trying to get free from drugs that were prescribed to me For what? To kill my creativity? Numb my empathy? Keep me grinding? M.I.A. it’s cool if Candace Owens wants to participate in her own oppression and if you want to make tinfoil clothes Sometimes society makes you hate yourself THAT MUCH But you look a little Opportunistic. ...

What if a rose really did grow up out of the cement, like Tupac said. What if I woke up, and stopped feeling worthless and pointless? Maybe it’s not worth the energy, all of this self-editing. Just do the things. (And I don’t mean the things we call “all the things”, I mean the few new Array importantThings Maybe as the Internet dies, we can have JavaScripty poetry?) Rejecting cynicism requires processing one's grief, And I need energy for that. I’m so grateful I have (a few) real friend...