Tuesday, December 17, 2013

'Cockroaches' by Ravyn LaRue


Hello you incredible group of alumni!
It’s delicate, but potent.
It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone.
It’s a place where we ache to go again.
In this context, I am using the word “queer” as an umbrella term for gay, bisexual, pansexual, trans*, and gender-variant people.
I recognize that it is not ideal, and I am sorry for that.
Extinct cockroach relatives and 'roachoids' such as the Carboniferous Archimylacris and the Permian Apthoroblattina were not as large as the biggest modern species.
Your statement is now available.
Two Indian judges just ruled that gay sex is illegal and can be punished with life sentences!
There's a ton of you!  Makes me so happy!
The power of empathy-
It's something of a pity tht the first six likes to this are (barring Caly) really quite shy people.
I don't want to make assumptions about a pain a group I don't represent is going through, but-
Young love is either revered or disregarded.
Think progress.
The above words are the way we should lead our life.
Columbia is magical realism.
Write of it, sob your heart out, sing,
While torrential slush that roars
Burns in the blackness of the spring.
Then I would be surprised and a little scared.
Although maybe we could still come up with something newsworthy.
The Cockroach-
Can no longer walk because he doesn't have-
Because he lacks-
What is man but dust?
What is woman but a clay vessel, easily broken?
So, tomorrow...

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