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Writer's pictureJ. Kim

I'M GONNA NEED YOU

Hi.

I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO DO THE WORK.

Grow.

Your feet are in the soul of community

We live here together


ALL THE ROADS CONNECT

Why are you still sitting down?

MOVE MOVE MOVE

Listen to your body

Eat your greens

Grow your own if you can

Grab a shovel, start digging

Deal with your bullshit

IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO HELP HER GROW

I'm gonna need you to oak for the ivy

I'm gonna need you to realize you are your own god

I'm gonna need you to pray

Do the hard thing & better thing & release release release

Slip into the port in Procida

Recycle. Fucking recycle.

Remove yourself from the problem

I'm gonna need you to swallow some change

It's a magic trick

In all forms

I'm gonna need you to appreciate variety.



I'm gonna need you to help unlock the cages

And vote with your dollar

Vote

You get the responsibility of discernment

I'm gonna need you to use it

Love, honor, respect your family does not equate to perpetuating each of their values

Step out of line.



I'm gonna need you to get excited about bugs in your yard

I'm gonna need you to stop spraying chemicals

I'm gonna need you to get used to tall grass

Repair your clothes

Eat your insecurities

Hold on to detachment until your knuckles paste & you're only sweaty, slippery palms

RIP YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS

Tangle yourself in your own hair

Befriend your fingerprints

Eat your own cake

Talk to yourself in the mirror

Read those books, & write your own.

I'm not asking for more than your best.

 

Watch me read the whole poem here.



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