Suzanne Purkis

If I could sum up us
to fit neatly in a nutshell
I couldn’t say that it’s been fun
exactly
but it has been educational

How else could I have learned
the full range of human emotions
that were programmed into
my heart

or the vastly different
definitions
we held for each of them

#vss365 #education

“If your heart is beating really strong and fast, and you’re in a fear state, you don’t want to be sensitive to pain. You want to be able to run over broken twigs and glass to escape the threat,” said neuroscientist Sarah Garfinkel. www.quantamagazine.org/how-your-hea...

Existential dread.

That's some serious dedication to a theme. Also the stuff of nightmares for some people, I imagine.

An obnoxious Alaskan Malamute in mid howl.

Ripley complaining to the management about why tea has to happen before walking.

Jesus. Are those all clowns?

Thank you!

I need
I need to
I need to press the key

The one you cannot read
The one you will not see
The one you disbelieve
defines you

DO NOT TOUCH

your eyes plead

But the need
creeps up my fingers

Straining my restraint

Your hands seize
with hope

#vss365 #creep

I love this!

Four jack-o'-lanterns sit on a black and red checkered tablecloth. Each pumpkin has been carved with a different face, and all the jack-o'-lanterns are lit up with tea light candles. Happy Halloween!

Happy almost Halloween! 🎃

She is standing
in the maelstrom
screaming
fists balled at her side
toes curled
into the creeping thyme
beneath her

She is always here
even when
she's somewhere else

There is comfort
in the driving rain
and in the way
the wind
carries her scream
into the heart
of the universe

#vss365 #creep

It's always dog o'clock.

When I found myself
on a precipice
of someone else’s making
(your making)
the terror was nearly suffocating

Choosing between
bad and worse
(the only choices you left me)
I closed my eyes
and jumped

#vss365 #terror #poetry

Lolsob

Definitely not for the faint of heart. But I know of such a place... just off the path near the Canada Post buildings.

If I don't make it back, let the flowers know that I went down fighting.

Wait, flowers talk to you? I'm totally not jealous, but maybe you could tell me your secret?

Someone better give that copywriter a bonus!

OMG, that is brilliant! 😂

But do check out the amazing pots that @roseschmits.bsky.social makes!

Don't normalize fascism.

There is a way to do this
so it’s perfect:
- boiling water
- leaves from Yorkshire
- a handful of runes
- that art deco cup and saucer
- and one sugar cube
to ensure that her ghost
makes it to your tea party

#vss365 #saucer #poetry

I mean, I have all this nitrogen and phosphorus anyway...

Oh well, indeed!

Maybe one of the new beings will let me catch a ride on their spaceship?

An orange rose peeks up from a bouquet of orange crush roses and green leaves.

Flowers for autumn 🍂🍁

#orangeflowers #autumnisthebest

You already had me at caffeine pass, but glittery caffeine pass is magnitudes better!

Thank you!

two women in fur coats are standing next to each other in a room . Alt: Two women in fur coats are standing next to each other in a room, clapping and jumping up and down.

You are freaking amazing.

Over in the corner
my heart
slides down the wall
to land
unceremoniously
at your feet
its rhythmic beauty
reduced
to so much
unrecognizable
pulp

#vss365 #pulp #poetry

A beautiful fluffy white Alaskan Malamute is curled up and all sleepy faced on a blue sofa.

Who's a beautiful old man?

(Koji is!)

See what we can do when we work together to fight Nazis. This is beautiful.