Original Alloparenting Research Proposal for State College of Florida ISS 3300 Research Course
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Alcohol won’t beat me
And it didn’t.
I began this post in October 2022. It’s June 23rd, 2024. I no longer need
A Weak Disbelief
We’ve both been weakened
to disbelief in the badness
of those around us.
Disbelief takes hold too slow in
I should just be happy.
My professor
of evolution, of human origins
just gave us a bit of
classic advice.
“That should be my lesson:
Sociability isn’t required
But smiling.
Smiling is.
Find your smilemakers and keep them nearby.
Don’t let your cheekbones fall.
They’re hard
I can’t move from the couch to the floor.
During a depressive episode, I can’t move from the couch to the floor.
How could I mourn a home
Even if I can’t meet your eyes.
A loving embrace and the smell of the person I love can relax me.
Please hold me.
Don’t ignore
Passionately present
He wants to be surfing in my cresting waves
Being inside of me
Me in my magnificence
And he can
Let Her Go
Let her go.
Let her opinion go.
She was your role model. But now she’s gone.
Why did you
Stillness is the speech of night anxiety
Stillness is the speech of night anxiety
Of the meerkat’s still night gazes
Tense bodies being defense bodies
In