Losing you

It’s not secret that I struggle to stay organized

No, really, ask anybody who knows me well

They will tell you that I’m great, that I listen

That I am, at times, the most thoughtful person they know

Still, it remains no secret that I can’t keep my shit together

Which is why I’ve compiled a list, called:

My most egregious offenses to basic housekeeping:

Item one, DVDs never make it back into their cases

Shit gets scratched

Item two, the thick layer of dust on everything in my room

Item three, I never separate the unwashables

You know what I’m talking about

Things like pens, important pieces of paper,

worst of all, fucking burt’s bees chapstick

You would have thought I’d have learned my lesson

especially after I destroyed Pokémon Yellow when I was eight

But no, every time I open the dryer, some sad treasure awaits

A check that can never be deposited

Quarters that used be in a roll

The house key none of us could find

And, of course, burt’s bees

I’m sure I’m not alone when I say I wish I could wash men out of my life

Intentionally, though,

unlike and the same way the pens and papers go

I would fold your picture eight times and forget you were in my pocket

Which is fine because, by the time everything is clean,

you are no longer.

Surely messy people aren’t the only ones capable of negligence

so monumental we lose our grudges, our sorrows, and disappointments—

and it all comes out in the wash?

One day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there forty million poor people in America?’ And when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy. And I’m simply saying that more and more, we’ve got to begin to ask questions about the whole society. We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life’s market place. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. It means that questions must be raised. You see, my friends, when you deal with this, you begin to ask the question, ‘Who owns the oil?’ You begin to ask the question, ‘Who owns the iron ore?’ You begin to ask the question, ‘Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that is two thirds water?’ These are questions that must be asked.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Badass Bridge of the Day: The Moses Bridge, as its name suggests, is pedestrian bridge that creates the illusion of walking through water — in this case, the West-Brabant waterline near Fort de Roovere in the Netherlands. Designed by RO & AD Architects, the bridge was built using Accoya wood, a type of modified wood that offers the enhanced durability necessary to sustain a sunken bridge. [accoya / inhabitat / mmm.]
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Badass Bridge of the Day: The Moses Bridge, as its name suggests, is pedestrian bridge that creates the illusion of walking through water — in this case, the West-Brabant waterline near Fort de Roovere in the Netherlands.

Designed by RO & AD Architects, the bridge was built using Accoya wood, a type of modified wood that offers the enhanced durability necessary to sustain a sunken bridge.

[accoya / inhabitat / mmm.]

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