Now, you are a labeled specimen Preserved in a glass jar Floating in Miller Lite. Now, every time I look at the shelf There's the jar right where I put it. No more shenanigans. Now, I can walk past the shelf And not even be distracted. Not even lose my train of thought. Now, you are retired from the experiment. Now, your actions and reactions Are not being studied, recorded. Now, the book on this subject Is shelved in Reference. No surprises in there. No updates.
can you pass me the salt
can you pass me the soap
can you pass me a needle and thread
can you pass me the sun
and a watering can
can you pass me a wooden spoon
can you pass me a cigarette
can you pass me a strawberry
can you pass me another strawberry
can you pass me the hurt stuck in your genes
can you pass me great legs to soften the blow
can you pass me the dirt under your nails
that you call mother
can you pass me a well so deep
and turn my gratitude into oil
can you pass me stories without words
that I can only hear with my hands
can you pass me a drink
can you pass me when you go
to say goodbye
That tortured troll's stink- clammy and pissy soured milk and mean sweat hateful cunt and sharp pits would have smelled worse if she could That vile matriarch slave of a patriarch misogynist mother hated her little girls to death. - stick em in a closet stick em with a stick let the men stick em with whatever they please My grandmother's nails were perfect My grandmother moisturized with scented oils My grandmother patted with perfumed powders My grandmother dripped in gold My grandmother bleached her sheets in the sun My grandmother drank her share and yours My grandmother bathed three times a day.
For Keli
To begin, seat yourself where you study. Don't move anything.
Allow things on your desk to be however they are.
Set your hands on your lap.
Rest your feet. Allow your bum to find the right spot on your chair.
Release your shoulders. Release your jaw.
Visualize a braid of hair toward the back of the crown of your head
that pulls you ever so gently toward the sky.
Release your belly. Kindly life the corners of your mouth
to suggest a smile.
Feel your eyes want to smile and send kindness to your gaze.
Soft hands soft belly soft shoulders soft jaw,
Gentle pull toward the sky,
Hint of a smile in the mouth and eyes.
Here is where we will begin with a soft, smiling body,
aware of the gentle filling and emptying of the lungs.
From this space let's visit and offer gratitude-
both to the desk and the woman who works at the desk.
For now we view the desk like an exhibit at
a museum- as an observer. For this moment
the checklists are stopped in time. The books are
quieted. The pens are asleep.
The underlined text, on break from attention.
The woman who sparks them to life and gives them meaning,
who casts a spell that can turn printed words into
knowledge, turn pictures into concepts, turn
highlighted paper into received information-
From this space let's visit her and offer gratitude.
All of this comes alive by You. All of this is your
spell and your intention. All of this is your desire
and your commitment. All of this is your decision
and all of this is your creation. When that
woman sits here and calls these items to life
they open themselves to being changed and to
expanding. You have become- excellent- at this work.
Let us offer gratitude for being curious. Let us
offer gratitude to the desire to learn. Let us
offer gratitude to the pull to heal suffering.
Let us offer gratitude to the body of the woman
through which she learns and works, relaxes and plays.
Let us offer gratitude to the woman who
has cried to learn, who has been exhausted to
learn, how has been lonely to learn.
She has completed their task!
The time for cramming is over. The time for
questioning her abilities has passed.
The time for hoping to succeed has come
and gone.
She can do it and do it well. She has changed
and re-made herself and completed her task.
The time for worry is over. She is already
transformed by knowledge and dedication.
There is no failure she cannot overcome-
no success where she stops.
See what she has done. Nothing stops her.
See what she has accomplished- everything
she set out to do.
Allow your smile to deepen and appreciate her
effort. Appreciate her struggle and offer
her the benefit of your observation.
Let her hear you say:
Your spells are excellent. Your heart is true.
Your mind is flexible, powerful.
You have learned to persevere and you
will continue to achieve your goals.
There is only evidence to suggest
that you will continue to work hard
and love hard and succeed.
Thinking- the act of challenging one's own assumptions Healing- the act of altering one's patterns of activity to allow for re-growth Being Present- the act of quieting one's own mind and opening to curiosity Waiting- the act of accepting that it is not happening now Emotional Regulation- the act of choosing to breathe after one's first impulse Care-Taking- the act of anticipating the kindest gestures for one in need Being a Friend- the act of claiming a stake in another Coping- the act of continuing to seek liberation from despair Relaxing- the act of claiming peace Not Drinking- the act of loving one's self through discomfort Kindness- the act of extending acceptance
Princess Nonnahs 