#destinidabble
#destinidabble (1/4)

"7-11"

green and orange hues light the way
to sticky floors and old decay
it's too dark to really know
if the label is 2026 or 20-must-go
I've never felt safer
putting my life in bottled hands
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
#destinidabble

Every violent thump of the bass was a heartbeat overbearing her own, ready to splatter her chest to mimic red strobe lights, breathing at the mercy of a whimsical DJ.

Maybe this disguise was finally splitting. The stitching was uneven. The seams were long rotted.
October 23, 2024 at 11:07 PM
#destinidabble #bloomingpanic

excerpt from "Pension" about #Xyx

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November 12, 2024 at 7:11 PM
#destinidabble #poetry

pawpaw didn't wake
we filled his bed with seeds
we wheeled him out to his favorite lake
and laughed bout may from '98

back home we watched the super bowl
he wouldn't miss it for the world
confessed i copied his laugh
confessed i wasn't a girl
pawpaw became a tree
September 9, 2024 at 6:45 PM
#destinidabble for #nightowl #bloomingpanic fans

he threatens at the confessional
dark circles crescent moons
he promises, it's congressional
that he'll be himself soon

his mother's not over his shoulder
but he grabs it out of habit
her palm was always colder
a small comfort, small comfort
October 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
#destinidabble

you are in my way
at the precipice of my survival
i could shove you
with my hands around your throat
or i could kiss you
let this mountain all but crumble
and for the crime of existing
i shall punish you with mine
forever?
forever?
FOREVER!
October 21, 2024 at 11:07 PM
#destinidabble for lycoris;last words fans

the driver has never spoken
the drummer's drum long broken
these misty horses are not real
their hollow neighs screech like steel
pounded by relentless yearning
your carriage, just barely, sways—turning
you can't recall ever dying
so someone is lying—LYING
October 24, 2024 at 6:11 PM
#destinidabble 4 #everytimeyoublink

sticky petals in his locker
he's too sweet to pluck them
he waters them with sweat
he's too shy to show it
he hides them and frets
cause it's growing, growing
it'll devour the showers
all-knowing, knowing
can't explain the shame
to the only other boy who sees it
October 25, 2024 at 6:45 PM
#destinidabble

on the outer edge looking
meters and miles and minutes down
falling, screaming, but lack of sound
from no ears on their splintered heads
with no eyes on their blank faces
if I have to die, I can't die dreaming
if I have to die, I can't die pleading
if I have to die, I have to live
September 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#destinidabble for #bloomingpanic

Xyx has permanent stubble now. He sports moisturized calluses, jewelry more expensive than dowry, and eyes clearer with age.

His latest will has your name in it.

It's with sunset ripping through his silk shirt that you see Xyx is frayed at the edges on purpose.
October 28, 2024 at 6:11 PM
#destinidabble for the otome fans

every possibility before him
yet none about him
every version of him from every great
mistake
hate
he's ever had
touching every shoulder to find if
maybe there’s a chance
stance
trance
he ever didn't love you
or if you could live—together
/somewhere/
in forever
October 23, 2024 at 6:11 PM
#destinidabble

saltines on ships
flavored with riptide
my captain the kraken
swallows us inside
if moby had shown me
how to survive
we wouldn't be singing
sinking songs with pride
but there's no place like home
in the jaws of defeat
oh crew and captain
till again we meet!
November 13, 2024 at 7:11 PM
#destinidabble, unfortunately
January 7, 2025 at 3:21 AM
#destinidabble for the doers

She glares at the twinkling bits of glass sticking out of your aching head.

"You should've waited for shadow tecs. Now they'll assume you're an unkind spirit."

"I'm not interested in being kind," you spit, wounds forever scarring, "I'm interested in being good.
October 24, 2024 at 11:07 PM
#destinidabble

the altar is made of wetstone
cutting prayer in half, congregation in fourths
its edges are ridges
its outlines are shadows
its curves are spirals
its grays are ashen
its bumps are bruises
its belly is bloodied
its scripts are weighted
its songs are strains
its preachers are judges
a person is sharpening their knife on a cutting board
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September 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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does his thumb dig into dirt
when he walks on his knuckles?
does a roar thrum in his chest
or is it a cheap echo of his father's warning?
is he grateful for his blood-ready skin in summer
while his mother sweats under fur,
or does Tarzan wish he suffers with her?
October 22, 2024 at 11:07 PM
#destinidabble

"Keep calm," he says. His tears crystallize before they hit the ground, gently piercing the soft earth. You're all he has left. "Keep calm," he repeats.

You know he doesn't mean it. He wants you to panic, so he finally has an excuse to fall apart.
November 13, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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October 21, 2024 at 8:05 AM
#destinidabble

maybe this dream should be bitten--crushed like an unripe apple. i am too selfish to let myself taste bitter worms. i will kill it and let the blood of stars drip down my chin. you will not row my boat across even calm waters
if i am too cold to bear the journey.
October 25, 2024 at 11:07 PM