the morning after the pride parade
a poem + a weeds grow anyway update
when the flags return to the wall and your head aches for water and the coffee can’t brew fast enough may the photos you’re tagged in show you in that good light the kind of light that lets you see yourself, really see yourself through the eyes of you at twelve years old, who (oh, if only you knew) would think “wow wow wow they are so cool. so them. so everything- i-wanna-be-but-don’t-know-if-i’m-allowed-yet” that good light that’s so damn allowed because you crowbarred the hinges off a closet that couldn’t contain it sort of light. remember. our ancestors didn’t just die for this. they lived for it: this stained glass chapel to house our sacred hearts. this is the sort of beauty that’s bled for with broken glass and fist and brick. centuries of fight and flamboyance fierce and fab, a found ancestry of us and our friends between and through revolutions around the sun. even when pride comes to an end we never will.
I wrote this poem for CC Mobile Arts, who then had it printed by The Press at Colorado College on postcards that were handed out at Pikes Peak Pride yesterday. It’s such an honor to see my words letterpress printed and shared at such a joyously queer event. It was heartening to see so many people gathered in support of the community, especially these days.
Thanks to everyone who came out. <3
The Weeds Grow Anyway - June Update
The books are so close to done! All the covers have been scored, all the books sleeved. I am now going through and gluing the covers to the bookblock. After that, there’s just editioning, signing, and getting ready for the release show on the 27th!
I’ve also started the process of recording the audiobook version of The Weeds Grow Anyway at the recording studio at Library 21C. The audiobook will be sent to everyone who preorders the book once it releases in the coming months.
Preorders will be closing on Friday, June 20th, so if you’ve been waiting to preorder, now’s your chance!
