snoopy items by sissi.ceramics

together in our flock

The Problem with Travel

by Ada Limón

Every time I’m in an airport,
I think I should drastically
change my life: Kill the kid stuff,
start to act my numbers, set fire
to the clutter and creep below
the radar like an escaped canine
sneaking along the fence line.
I’d be cable-knitted to the hilt,
beautiful beyond buying, believe
in the maker and fix my problems
with prayer and property.
Then, I think of you, home
with the dog, the field full
of purple pop-ups — we’re small
and flawed, but I want to be
who I am, going where
I’m going, all over again.

[freeze frame] yeah, that’s not me. I don’t know who that is. [unpause]

Toshi Yoshida, "Neko to Kotori"

"putting you in the soup" is my favorate phrase becasue you can use it for anything. someone makes really good art? put them in the soup. someone... i ran out of examples but you get what i mean