“As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female.”

He erases us and defies science

I can’t even feel anything. If I let myself start it will be too much.

I’ll put on all the layers, shovel the snow off the sidewalk. Maybe see a neighbor or two, nod sadly to each other.

I am here. Tentative. The dogs go on regardless of what the future brings.

I’m teaching them new tricks. It’s something to do.

Diving through the thick of the other side's hate needing to know how bad it was, it was hard to scrub off the stench, to believe that there was any chance of redemption.

But of course there is. That is why we are here, still breathing.

Not gonna lie, the temptation to move is definitely there

Every day everything feels different, even before getting up the air filling my lungs doesn’t taste the same anymore.

I keep wanting to say things then not having the words.
So many thoughts.

Has anyone out here read Noam Chomsky’s latest book that came out just before the election? Is it worth reading?

Feeling my way around this new space...