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📸 Neel Bruce
Disco Fever
As music blares out the speakers,
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs joyfully sing:
“Y que el silencio se convierta en carnaval!”
I dance in this small, dark living room;
my plants, hesitant dance partners.
“No te quedes que acá fuera es carnaval!”
Disco Fever
As music blares out the speakers,
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs joyfully sing:
“Y que el silencio se convierta en carnaval!”
I dance in this small, dark living room;
my plants, hesitant dance partners.
“No te quedes que acá fuera es carnaval!”
Ode to My Feet
Oh, ugly looking things.
I love you so much.
You take me everywhere
while I reach a cardio high;
my heart palpitates with joy.
Ode to My Feet
Oh, ugly looking things.
I love you so much.
You take me everywhere
while I reach a cardio high;
my heart palpitates with joy.
Horoscope
“People are happy to know you,”
read my horoscope today.
My brain immediately went like:
“Whom did it speak to and verify?”
“Could you show me proof, today?”
“How does it know they are happy?”
Horoscope
“People are happy to know you,”
read my horoscope today.
My brain immediately went like:
“Whom did it speak to and verify?”
“Could you show me proof, today?”
“How does it know they are happy?”
Paradise
Green thumb;
more like green fingers.
I thrive inside a planted terrarium.
A balanced ecosystem,
teetering.
It could become a mausoleum.
If I can’t care for my green friends,
how can I care for myself?
Paradise
Green thumb;
more like green fingers.
I thrive inside a planted terrarium.
A balanced ecosystem,
teetering.
It could become a mausoleum.
If I can’t care for my green friends,
how can I care for myself?
The Quest
I searched for Joy today.
At first, I felt lost.
I looked around my apartment;
behind the couch, in the cupboard.
The dust bunnies told me
they hadn’t seen her.
The Quest
I searched for Joy today.
At first, I felt lost.
I looked around my apartment;
behind the couch, in the cupboard.
The dust bunnies told me
they hadn’t seen her.
A Man on His Couch
Just lie on the couch.
All day.
Binge the show.
Empty the fridge.
Finish the bottle.
It’s all okay.
Just give up.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Maybe,
you’ll find the strength to restart.
A Man on His Couch
Just lie on the couch.
All day.
Binge the show.
Empty the fridge.
Finish the bottle.
It’s all okay.
Just give up.
Tomorrow is a new day.
Maybe,
you’ll find the strength to restart.
BMI
According to my BMI,
I am morbidly obese.
My 275 pounds of flesh
should be 160 of bone.
Never in my adult life
have I weighed 160 pounds,
but the BMI calculator insists
that 160 is the normal
I should reach.
BMI
According to my BMI,
I am morbidly obese.
My 275 pounds of flesh
should be 160 of bone.
Never in my adult life
have I weighed 160 pounds,
but the BMI calculator insists
that 160 is the normal
I should reach.
Clenched Teeth
Night comes,
just as drowsiness settles in.
Every noise-
the creaking of wood,
a car blasting music,
an unexpected far-off cry
stirs up a kind of storm in my brain,
a sudden, swirling whirlpool,
in which my mind
and the whole world are swept.
Clenched Teeth
Night comes,
just as drowsiness settles in.
Every noise-
the creaking of wood,
a car blasting music,
an unexpected far-off cry
stirs up a kind of storm in my brain,
a sudden, swirling whirlpool,
in which my mind
and the whole world are swept.
Thunder Thighs
My pants ripped today.
Out in public,
but no one noticed.
I wrapped my hoodie
around my waist.
Always the inseam.
These thunder thighs?
A gift from my mother.
The endless rustle
of flesh against fabric
devours every pair.
Thunder Thighs
My pants ripped today.
Out in public,
but no one noticed.
I wrapped my hoodie
around my waist.
Always the inseam.
These thunder thighs?
A gift from my mother.
The endless rustle
of flesh against fabric
devours every pair.
Cooking Traditions
Mi abuela came from the mountainous town of Lares,
migrating to the city of San Juan,
hauling her traditions with her—
from peeling coconuts and shelling gandules
to preparing dulce de naranja.
Cooking Traditions
Mi abuela came from the mountainous town of Lares,
migrating to the city of San Juan,
hauling her traditions with her—
from peeling coconuts and shelling gandules
to preparing dulce de naranja.
Refuge
Cuddles against aggression.
Cuddles to calm the anxious mind.
Cuddles to soften the sadness.
Cuddles to shield from all that's thrown.
Refuge
Cuddles against aggression.
Cuddles to calm the anxious mind.
Cuddles to soften the sadness.
Cuddles to shield from all that's thrown.
Livid
Chronicle of a death foretold.
Yesterday’s stroll with my liver,
has me counting the end of days.
Maybe that’s for the best.
Infuriated by the doctor’s nerve,
enraged by my body weight
Indignant over my genes,
all I can do is scream.
Livid
Chronicle of a death foretold.
Yesterday’s stroll with my liver,
has me counting the end of days.
Maybe that’s for the best.
Infuriated by the doctor’s nerve,
enraged by my body weight
Indignant over my genes,
all I can do is scream.
“Baritastic”
I took my liver on a stroll.
Apparently, she’s not happy.
The doctor prescribed bariatric.
She just looked at me once
and immediately decided:
bariatric surgery.
“Let’s cut and reduce, so that
we can cut and reduce your person.”
“Baritastic”
I took my liver on a stroll.
Apparently, she’s not happy.
The doctor prescribed bariatric.
She just looked at me once
and immediately decided:
bariatric surgery.
“Let’s cut and reduce, so that
we can cut and reduce your person.”
Fat Liberation
For human dignity and recognition.
For equal rights across every aspect of life.
For an end to discrimination in the workplace.
For an end to a lifetime of bullying.
For freedom from moralizing healthism.
Fat Liberation
For human dignity and recognition.
For equal rights across every aspect of life.
For an end to discrimination in the workplace.
For an end to a lifetime of bullying.
For freedom from moralizing healthism.
Rapture
i momentarily
leave my vessel
not death
but rather
rest peace
feel no longer
a lifetime
i momentarily
leave my vessel
rest peace
a lifetime
trying to
break free
not death
Rapture
i momentarily
leave my vessel
not death
but rather
rest peace
feel no longer
a lifetime
i momentarily
leave my vessel
rest peace
a lifetime
trying to
break free
not death
Unfolds
reflecting on yesterday’s self-portrait
i’m struck by how similar the process
of speaking about bodily trauma is to
coming out of the closet both are shrouded
in secrecy and take a lifetime to navigate
Unfolds
reflecting on yesterday’s self-portrait
i’m struck by how similar the process
of speaking about bodily trauma is to
coming out of the closet both are shrouded
in secrecy and take a lifetime to navigate
Embrace
At the end of the day,
I find myself soaking in the rays of light streaming through.
As I sit back, drink in hand,
I notice the unease creeping in; troubled, anxious.
Is it the relentless hustle that unnerves me?
Is it the state of the world?
Yes.
Embrace
At the end of the day,
I find myself soaking in the rays of light streaming through.
As I sit back, drink in hand,
I notice the unease creeping in; troubled, anxious.
Is it the relentless hustle that unnerves me?
Is it the state of the world?
Yes.
Vessel
I took this photograph at first,
to chastise and self-deprecate.
Not only does my gaze carries depression,
my body drags it around.
Hunched over, heavy, always.
Always making fun of it.
But then, I went against the grain
and chose to honor this vessel.
Vessel
I took this photograph at first,
to chastise and self-deprecate.
Not only does my gaze carries depression,
my body drags it around.
Hunched over, heavy, always.
Always making fun of it.
But then, I went against the grain
and chose to honor this vessel.
PTSD
And my floodgates are wide open,
lacking a filter, sensory overload.
Constantly through my gaze.
I try to shut down, hyperfocus,
lost in dark tunnel vision.
TV and alcohol block out the world.
But the tragedy is
that pleasure and joy
are filtered out as well.
PTSD
And my floodgates are wide open,
lacking a filter, sensory overload.
Constantly through my gaze.
I try to shut down, hyperfocus,
lost in dark tunnel vision.
TV and alcohol block out the world.
But the tragedy is
that pleasure and joy
are filtered out as well.
Gaze
I often carry it in my gaze.
If you look closely, you may find it.
Still unnamed, yet deeply present.
If it is true we grow used to suffering,
how is it that as the years go by
one always suffers more and more?
Gaze
I often carry it in my gaze.
If you look closely, you may find it.
Still unnamed, yet deeply present.
If it is true we grow used to suffering,
how is it that as the years go by
one always suffers more and more?
Pinches
The hand comes flying.
Fingers at the ready, they approach.
They get closer to the chest.
They touch.
Immediately a fiery sensation is felt on your tit.
You pull away, but that only makes the fingers grab onto the nipple.
They grab.
Pinches
The hand comes flying.
Fingers at the ready, they approach.
They get closer to the chest.
They touch.
Immediately a fiery sensation is felt on your tit.
You pull away, but that only makes the fingers grab onto the nipple.
They grab.
Hermit
It happened
that I grew into an elder
when I learned to be alone;
existing alongside my fish and plants.
It happened
that I grew into an elder
when I learned to detach;
as the years go by it became easier.
Hermit
It happened
that I grew into an elder
when I learned to be alone;
existing alongside my fish and plants.
It happened
that I grew into an elder
when I learned to detach;
as the years go by it became easier.
Everyday
“Within a Marxist approach to the history of sensation, trauma can be understood as a sign or symptom of a broader systemic problem, a moment in which abstract social systems can actually be felt or sensed.
Everyday
“Within a Marxist approach to the history of sensation, trauma can be understood as a sign or symptom of a broader systemic problem, a moment in which abstract social systems can actually be felt or sensed.
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Clinicalizing
Everyday or hidden forms of trauma, especially those caused by systemic oppression, require us to think differently, in a way that won’t clinicalize it with jargon.
Clinicalizing
Everyday or hidden forms of trauma, especially those caused by systemic oppression, require us to think differently, in a way that won’t clinicalize it with jargon.