More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out
of the crabapple tree, more than the neighbor’s
almost obscene display of cherry limbs shoving
their cotton candy-colored blossoms to the slate
sky of Spring rains, it’s the greening of the trees
that really gets to me. When all the shock of white
and taffy, the world’s baubles and trinkets, leave
the pavement strewn with the confetti of aftermath,
the leaves come. Patient, plodding, a green skin
growing over whatever winter did to us, a return
to the strange idea of continuous living despite
the mess of us, the hurt, the empty. Fine then,
I’ll take it, the tree seems to say, a new slick leaf
unfurling like a fist to an open palm, I’ll take it all.
“i know your pizza order” “you have freckles on your ears” “you make this face when you’re tired” “you order green tea on a good day black on a bad day” “you always make that face before you try something” “the tips of your ears turn red when you’re angry” “i knew you’d say something” “you must be exhausted to miss the class” “your favorite pie is pumpkin, right?” “i know your phone number, don’t worry” “you miss me, i can tell” “you fiddle with your pens when you’re bored” “you don’t like converse unless they’re high tops” “your favorite cereal is cinnamon toast crunch and you first ate it when you were 8”
My gay aunt told my parents I shouldn’t see my gf bc she’s working and she had a family member who had rona… i knew this bitch had no sense of solidarity since i heard her complaining about my gay cousin coming out to his grandparents (her parents) and also she never officially came out to the family even after her parents died…
the shining sunbeam is a small species of hummingbird native to colombia, ecuador, and peru. these small hummingbirds feed on nectar, insects, and spiders. males and females are similar, with peachy undersides and accents, but females have less iridescent plumage on the lower back. x
This comic is extra good if you read it while listening to vince guaraldi’s skating. This comic is in part, redrawn schulz strips and in part my own writing. Peppermint patty and marcie are characters by Charles Schulz.
