My name is Ed They call her Sue She rode me hard and when she came She moaned out “Bob” So I hollered “Joyce” and did the same

Thanks to @blind-the-winds for the tag!

This is from my novel-in-progress. I'll try not to over-explain, but: it's loosely based on events from my own life (with a lot of straight-up fiction thrown in), and stylistically I'm aiming for something like "if Kathy Acker wrote Jack Kerouac's On the Road." There are the main narrative sections (which hew more closely to the structure of OtR), but then there are all these interludes and meta-fictional weirdnesses and... Anyway, this is one of the main narrative sections.

I buzzed her in, and she said: “And I brought a joint. I thought maybe you’d wanna get high.” Hell yeah, I wanted to get high. “Let’s go out,” I said, grabbing my jacket. I knew we couldn’t talk or smoke like we wanted in front of my boyfriend, who sat noodling around on his guitar in the next room. He’d take one look at Rat Hole and decide she was a bad influence, and he hated weed, too. We headed east on Irving Park Road, towards the Brown Line Stop. Rat Hole cupped her hand around the flame of her green lighter and lit the joint, took a puff, passed it to me. We walked in silence for a bit, passing the joint back and forth, keeping an eye out for cops. Soon everything was a stoned symphony of sound and color, the headlights of passing cars bending and refracting in our blurry vision, their tires wsssshhhing over the wet, salty streets. We got so high we forgot it was still cold; our blood was warm and everything felt like spring. We took the el to Belmont Ave. and it was Rat Hole’s first time on Belmont, and ever after that place became a symbol of our friendship. I thought of my ode to Belmont; the night was like a living version of it. They were all there: punks with six-inch tall Day-Glo mohicans, Jesus People proselytizing, drag queens in their feathers and spangles, goths in their big black boots, suburban spare changers, pickpockets and prostitutes in the Punkin’ Donuts parking lot, and all the sounds, bass booming behind doors of dance clubs, car horns and stereos and hey fuck you, buddy! And all the smells—donut grease, car exhaust, smoke (sewer, cigar, incense), hot dog water, deep dish pizza, grime—an Eau d’ Belmont.

I'll tag @belialjones @endreal @kurnutus86 @hthrrloooo @chucklingpecan @big-low-t @dee-the-red-witch — and any other writer pal who'd like to participate. (But don't feel obligated! And P.S. feel free to use any recent work, be it poetry or prose, fiction or non. I've put poetry in these things before.)

I was tagged by the lovely @astarkey to post 5 songs I never skip on! Thank you so much for tagging me!!!

wilson (expensive mistakes) by fall out boy

2. no children-the mountain goats

3. the sharpest lives-my chemical romance

4. all too well-taylor swift

5. thunder-imagine dragons

Tagging: @softlyforged @chucklingpecan

Who is/are your writer-crush(es)?

There are so many that I will INEVITABLY miss someone but here's a start!

@warxpunkxmonk

@lets-dance-to-joy-division

@elvedon

@moonjunesoon

@definegodliness

@autumnsunshine10

@purgatorypoetry

@betterthannonfiction

@cruxymox

@phoenixculpa

@haikkun

@chucklingpecan

@oddman-the-oldman

@its-toasted

@jordynhaiku

@allnightsong2

@haikudude

@fantodsdhrit

@goneahead

@undertheheart

Edited to include @randomlyjay !!

And there are probably hundreds more I'm omitting. So much talent on this website!! 💜

Poetry Game June Recap:

@sophiechoir (poem) @sweetwarmcookies16 (poem) @the-wordslinger (poem) @subtextures (poem) @cruxymox (poem) @followcb (poem) @poppiesandpromises (poem) @aubriestar (poem) @takingstockofwhatmattersmost (poem) @shen-as-a-recluse (poem) @unmondefou (poem) @memories-beneath-the-skin (poem) @natureandprose (poem) @sdbea (poem) @autumnsunshine10 (poem) @jonnypielover (poem) @definegodliness (poem) @chucklingpecan (poem) @wordrummager (poem) @fearlesslylavender (poem)

Thank you all for partaking! Always impressive to see you guys weave a coherent piece out of the randomness. Bravo!

I dream I'm a bee Pollinating your blossoms Rapturous union

Tag game for the poets and poetically inclined

I was indirectly tagged by @chucklingpecan:

A poem that tends to pop into your mind

One line in a song

One line in a movie

A word you'll avoid for fear of over-usage

One word that is you, metaphorically (no explanation)

My answers:

"See, it was like this, when..." by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and "Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey" by Hayden Carruth.

I'm not gonna get too sentimental / like those other sticky valentines —Elvis Costello, from "Alison"

If I told you I loved you, would you take it the wrong way? —from Foxfire (1996)

I can't think of one I do avoid, but there are several I should avoid because I know I overuse them: moon, train(s), ghost(s).

Gutter. (Pretty sure I overuse that one, too.)

I tag whoever wants to play!

☆15 questions, 15 a handful of mutuals ☆

Ooh @selestian tagged me on this nonsense and I was like oh look at me having mutuals who tag me in stuff, so despite how silly this really does seem I am going to do this shit…

1. are you named after anyone?

A bob dylan song

2. when was the last time you cried?

Err Saturday probably. I am actually a very big crybaby.

3. do you have kids?

Yes. One 16 yo catboy who lives upon instant ramen and mint ice cream.

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

Yes but in this weird autistic way…

5. what’s the first thing you notice about people?

Their speech idiosyncrasies

6. what’s your eye color?

Blue

7. scary movie or happy ending?

I do not enjoy being scared. So I suppose happy ending although the subversion of the happy ending plot is my thing for sure

8. any special talents?

Cooking, being hilarious, craft projects

9. where were you born?

Sandringham hospital

10. what are your hobbies?

Putting audible out of business, books and literature in general, cooking, craft projects and being hilarious.

11. do you have any pets?

No. But I am the cool aunt to a very cute doggo

12. what sports do you play/have you played?

I don’t (ever)

13. how tall are you? 165cm - that’s around 5’3” for all of you imperialists

14. favorite subject in school?

Literature

15. dream job?

Burrito for sure. I have been training to be reborn as a burrito for like a while now. It is the dream

err I will tag you, if you don’t like it, blame yourself for being in my notifications and therefore have distinguished yourselves to me @bibliofilariidae @fantodsdhrit @kboyink @wernerherzoghaircut @blaue3 @lilfrannieb @elvedon @gracebriarwoodwrites @flacmk @oddman-the-oldman @chucklingpecan

and I’ve run out of steam. It’s honestly the closest I will ever get to tagging 15 people.

I was tagged by the amazing @astarkey! Thank you so much!

Rules: If you have a Pinterest account or search my files, you can do that, too! Go to Pinterest and search:

Celebrity

Outfit

Quotes

Aesthetics

The first picture for each is your vibe!

Tagging (no pressure!!): @starcrossedlesbians @chucklingpecan

✨ 🎶 when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool) 🎶 ✨ <33

thanks @ahalal-uralma @allnightsong2 @definegodliness for the tag!

In no specific order:

Speeding 72 - Momma

Serotonin- girl in red

Holocene- Bon Iver

Night Windows- The Weakerthans

Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison

Tagging @warxpunkxmonk@chucklingpecan @wildthingsandmagic @cruxymox @autumnsunshine10 @its-toasted @alex-a-roman @wilderwinds @weektoweekpoetry @jordynhaiku

And anyone who wants to do this I have tagged in spirit! No pressure, just fun!

“ once you get this you must share 5 random facts about yourself and pass it on to your ten favorite followers!”--be-i-ng

1. I’m the short one in the picture.

2. I have a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.

3. I’ve been writing all my life but only stopped destroying my work in the past year and a half or so.

4. I love baking bread, and I’m good at it.

5. I have a passion for making wheel-thrown ceramics, and I’m not very good at it at all.

If I tag you and you don’t want to do this, don’t feel obligated. I would love to know random things about you, though. 

5 nice things + 8 for 8

And no I did not steal the title from @definegodliness (this man is lying).  ;)  Thank you Mark, who along with sanddollarpoems, @prasannawrites, @expoundingspark and @goneahead kindly invited me on one or both of these.  Although I’m probably famous, or more likely notorious for being anti social (media) here, I think I’ll play.  This might be fun.   5 nice things about me: 1: I love to write, after 20 plus years of writing (nearly 11 on Tumblr), it’s a little more difficult, yet the love is still there. 2: I make people laugh, especially at work. 3: While I can be whinny, I’m rarely if ever mean.   4: Back to writing, I especially love my inner writer/child.  He’s very kind and loving even when I’m not feeling it. 5: This last one is kind of challenging, being very emotional, along with knowing sorrow a little too well, I’m also on a first name basis with joy and beauty.  This combination I believe helps me to be understanding of and compassionate toward others. The rules for this tag game stated: Once you get this you have to say five things you like about yourself, publicly, and send it to 10 of your favorite mutuals (non-negotiable). SPREAD POSITIVITY! ..and now 8 for 8: 1. Favorite Color(s) : Purple and Blue  2. Currently Reading: Re Reading some old Thich Nhat Hanh books 3. Last Song: Annie 4. Last Series: How The Universe Works, I guess 5. Last Movie: It’s been a while, but as the world’s oldest living child, in the past couple of years, my favorite would have to be Moana.  6. Sweet, Savory, Spicy: Spicy, though not quite so much in my old age 7. Craving: Now that I have dentures, I would KILL (metaphorically) for Cashews 8. Currently working on: Trying to be kind to everyone including myself Now for tagging, makes evile grin.  No pressure, please feel free to play either, neither, or both.  I tag : @aubriestar, @petrow, @alexandraswritingblock, @sherrylephotography, @oddman-the-oldman, @chucklingpecan, @takingstockofwhatmattersmost, @suzyhazelwood, @betterthannonfiction, and while I think of one more, I tag everyone who tagged me and didn’t already do both, as well as anyone else who just wants to play. Love to all, Mike <3

He wanted a taste of fine pussy Either shaved to the skin or quite bushy A meal so complete That he’d eagerly eat And this doesn’t quite rhyme but who’s fussy