Xismosa Xit

Hello all,

Today’s newsletter is sponsored by the need to stimulate my brain.

Prose and Poetry of the Week

Raging Mind

I wrote this three months ago and it’s like I wrote it yesterday. The only part that makes it fiction (once again, I wrote it for a Vocal Challenge) is that I don’t have a journal with a cute bull on it. I procrastinate by writing lists and am obsessed with documenting myself. I write like a motherfucker. Most times, it helps me get out of my own head.

Jellyfish Blues

For a more relaxing transition, please enjoy this sonnet about the time my cousins and I saw a huge jellyfish in the ocean. 

Rabbitholes

Things I’ve learned, laughed about, and/or obsessed over

• Giant Woman Nyx in Lore Olympus, Chapter 178.

• “I shielded [my little brother’s] eyes (I figured it was my responsibility to cut future therapy bills wherever I could)” – Sex Doctors in the Basement by Molly Jong-Fast. Most of you are eldest children, so I know you’ll relate. 
• G u a v a m e n t e

Personal Chisme

chisme = gossip

• This is my 10th one! Something to be proud of! I think y’all like to receive these so far, I haven’t had anyone ask otherwise. I try to be funny and entertaining, but this week has been rough. I am the universe experiencing itself and I have to work to pay to survive the experience?? Bullshit.
• I saw gas over $5 this week! Be disgusted with me.

Thanks for cruising on my stream of consciousness! Let me know if you get seasick and want to get off! Otherwise, you can find an archive at Colochos de Flores. Happy Halloween!

Abrazos and/or high fives,

Ariana