we are speeding towards
where we step
where one world was
another dies, in its place
we are speeding towards
the kind of feelings
fossilized next to your defenses
can’t
feel it
rather
it’s convenient how we can tuck millions of years
into the speed of it all
in order for anything to make sense
everything needs to be in everything
and yet I outrun myself
every time
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I spent all my time
within the walls
of time
I spent years of time
diving down
below the smooth stone
I spent all the clocks
watering them like moss
do I sleep here?
is this normal?
I can’t tell anymore
I just can’t tell
what is the reason that you can live so free of care?
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the blocking
waived
streams of vertical light
wavered
I’ve walked through
the fog before
despite
no evidence
says, a horse
integration matters
coax them into breathing
with you
imagine the table is the earth
supporting you
and when you can hold yourself
the seasons will follow
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Janice Lee is a Korean-American writer, editor, publisher, shamanic healer, and author of 7
books. She writes about interspecies communication, plants & personhood, the apocalypse, and inherited trauma. She is Founder & Executive Editor of Entropy, Co-Founder of The Accomplices LLC, and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Portland State University. http://janicel.com