Absolute JM
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Absolute JM
@absolutejm.bsky.social
JM
Writer and Musician
Toronto, Canada

STREAM - DESPERATE - https://links.absolutejm.com/desperate

READ - ‘Why Are You Crying?’ - O:JA&L - https://links.absolutejm.com/whyareyoucrying

LINKS - https://links.absolutejm.com/links
I don’t post often.

I make things when I can’t carry them anymore.

Whether it’s a song or a memoir, the shape changes. The weight doesn’t.

That’s all this is.
July 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰? 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘔𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰? 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦,
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦.

- Desperate

links.absolutejm.com/desperate
July 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Excerpt from: Why Are You Crying?

𝘔𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘎𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤.

𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘶𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘢.

𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

links.absolutejm.com/whyareyoucry...
“WHY ARE YOU CRYING?” - O:JA&L
O:JA&L Prose Discourse: Nonfiction Memoir/Personal Essay Jonathan Mark WHY ARE YOU CRYING? THE QUESTION The fan hums behind us, chopping […]
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July 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Excerpt from: Why Are You Crying?

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘕𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰 𝘫𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦.

𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘣𝘰.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳…

links.absolutejm.com/whyareyoucry...
“WHY ARE YOU CRYING?” - O:JA&L
O:JA&L Prose Discourse: Nonfiction Memoir/Personal Essay Jonathan Mark WHY ARE YOU CRYING? THE QUESTION The fan hums behind us, chopping […]
links.absolutejm.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Excerpt from Why Are You Crying:

𝘏𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴. 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘵.
𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘦.

“𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴.

“𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦…” 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸.

𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴..

links.absolutejm.com/whyareyoucry...
“WHY ARE YOU CRYING?” - O:JA&L
O:JA&L Prose Discourse: Nonfiction Memoir/Personal Essay Jonathan Mark WHY ARE YOU CRYING? THE QUESTION The fan hums behind us, chopping […]
links.absolutejm.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I published a memoir called Why Are You Crying?

It’s about my grandfather’s dementia, Guyana, and the weight of inheritance.

It was just published in Open: Journal of Arts & Letters.

It can be read in an hour. It’s not an easy read, make space for yourself.

links.absolutejm.com/whyareyoucry...
“WHY ARE YOU CRYING?” - O:JA&L
O:JA&L Prose Discourse: Nonfiction Memoir/Personal Essay Jonathan Mark WHY ARE YOU CRYING? THE QUESTION The fan hums behind us, chopping […]
links.absolutejm.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I released a song called Desperate.

It’s about addiction, shame, and not changing, even when you want to.

If you’ve ever woken up in the same place again, it’s for you.

links.absolutejm.com/desperate
July 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Three months passed.

I released a song called Desperate.
O:JAL published my memoir essay called Why Are You Crying?.

One spirals into addiction.
One crawls back through memory.

You can hear it. You can read it.
Both are mine.

links.absolutejm.com/desperate

links.absolutejm.com/whyareyoucry...
Absolute JM - Desperate
A song about the loop of addiction. Press play.
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July 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
RE: Upcoming election in Canada
April 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I wanted to clarify—I’m a first-generation Canadian born to Guyanese parents.

I write from the tension of what gets passed down and what gets lost.
My songs sit in that space between memory and silence, for anyone carrying stories they didn’t ask for.
Born between worlds, we carry what came before.
April 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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March 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My song Crumble Into Dust is now available for streaming. Click below to check it out:

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Been awhile since I’ve last been here. In the next posts I will share a bunch of videos I’ve recently made to promote my upcoming song, Crumble Into Dust. A song about facing the end with clear eyes, unclaimed by faith, untouched by heaven. Just dust, desert wind, and a name no one will remember
February 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Crumble Into Dust
February 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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