my poems have ceased to be poems, my stories are no longer stories, i’m on the internet a lot
Talking to some people is like talking to a toilet.
by Audre Lorde
The oldest surviving pencil in the world was found during restoration work in the rafters of a Swabian peasant house, which was built in 1630. It is now part of the Faber-Castell archive. Source
Erotic City
Prince
All of my purple life I’ve been looking for a dame That would wanna be my wife That was my intention, babe If we cannot make babies, maybe we can make some time Thoughts of pretty u and me, erotic city come alive We can funk until the dawn, making love til cherrys gone Erotic city can’t u see, thoughts of pretty u and me Everytime I comb my hair Thoughts of u get in my eyes Ure a sinner, I don’t care I just want your creamy thighs
i think this building is so interesting to look at but it's so evil architectural complicity w evil inhumane prison industrial complex right smack in downtown chicago if you're an architect don't be evil
what if i start @ -ing lit mags like "publish me"
fred moten introducing/reading from i ran from it and was still in it
“that struck me as a very very succinct and pithy formulation for what they used to call the black experience in america” [x]
Senam Okudzeto, Long Distance Lover, 1999 - 2000, acrylic on British telecom phone bills
"my sister, the sun" //// "when you emerge, my sister,/parting the beads of the rain,/with your forehead of flowers and eyes of forgiveness,/all will not be as it was, but it will be true" --dark august, walcott
deerhunter - he would have laughed
MRB Chelko
Karly Loyce and Lineisy Montero Céline Fall 2015
—the skin, part one of the making of the drum, kamau brathwaite
hat tip to the public archive
eldzier cortor, dance composition no. 31, 1978
BLACKOUT
RIP