new lease on life!

well, livingspace, anyway. i'm moving! upstairs! the new place is gorgeous and perfect and has the most delightful kitchen oh em gee. it's at least twice the size of my current place, and that suits me down to the floor as i really really need the space.

i simply cannot wait. i'll officially be moving the first of july, but it seems to be the best idea to start moving my things a little earlier. my landlady is agreeable, and it means i'll have time to really clean my old place for the new tenant. there are two years worth of dust in the closets that i would really like to get rid of. and i never did clean the windows. i will before i leave, though, because that's just nice, and i don't want my new neighbor to think i am a slob.

even though i am.

lalala new apartmentcakes!!! so pleased!

poetry dump.

the spring and summer of 2005 was a very creative, important time for me. i travelled to europe, i moved to baltimore, i made friends and tried a million new things. and for some reason, very little of the poetry i wrote at that time ever made it beyond my documents folder.

so, here are two short pieces that i've just skimmed through and decided that i still like them, after all this time.

recent
march 2, 2005.
everyone needs their secrets.
things to tuck away inside little boxes with blue roses and yellow paper.
my secret has a silver hook that rests
on the back of my spine

there are reasons we keep silent when we want to scream
ways to make the ground stop rushing
there are people to love
in between

i just need to get there.

sensory that
march 4, 2005
i am happiest by the way of my
flowers, they smell like
i think of you in
how does the sky
where does it all
who, who takes this
from me.

there is a smile that you
we sleep in the
we love we love we love

have you ever seen a
freckle by the freckle that is
scent is the strong way
remember the way we talked.