Politically UnQualified
Once upon a time, an elected official reached out
asking if I thought they were unqualified for their position
And if so, what could they do to be better.
This was my response.
People Over Politics
My name is Oakley Corsick-Boycott
I am running for Lander City Council,
representing the citizens of Lander in Ward 1 in the 2022 election.
ECHO
The benefits of self-loathing:
No one can hate me as much as I hate myself. It is impossible for anyone to say or doing anything that is crueler than the narrative of my own brain. In this regard, I am invincible. Within this ongoing process of metabolizing my traumas(which, cannot be measured against anyone else’s) I choose to use my self-hatred and self-loathing as tools as opposed to weights. If they are going to be there, within the exploration of relationship to diagnosis of C-PTSD, ADHD, anxiety and depression, they might as well be used to create something.
Greatest Act of Love
It is not accurate to say that this is my WORST nightmare, But it’s pretty high up there on my “worst nightmare” list. It never felt like a celebration of love though it was a collaboration with someone I love.
It felt wrong from the beginning.
New Years Eve
I wish I could have said yes when you said, “We could do it. We could drive to the countryside tomorrow and just do it. We could just get married now.” I wish I could have said yes. I wish New Years Eve hadn’t been when it was…
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You’re the reason I’m still here. And the reason why I’m halfway gone. You’re the reason why I’m angry a lot of the time. You’re the reason I stopped caring about most things and why started caring more about intentional things with more specificity. You’re the reason my brain feels like it’s going to split open and why my heart is screaming. You’re the reason I leave my body…
CHOMOLUNGMA
To the women left behind. To the women who lost their men to mountains; the women who held me when I lost mine. The women who continue to hold me.
