#in perpetual spring

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In Perpetual Spring

by Amy Gerstler

Gardens are also good places to sulk. You pass beds of spiky voodoo lilies   and trip over the roots   of a sweet gum tree,   in search of medieval   plants whose leaves,   when they drop off   turn into birds if they fall on land, and colored carp if they   plop into water.

Suddenly the archetypal   human desire for peace   with every other species   wells up in you. The lion  

and the lamb cuddling up. The snake and the snail, kissing. Even the prick of the thistle,   queen of the weeds, revives   your secret belief in perpetual spring, your faith that for every hurt   there is a leaf to cure it.

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In Perpetual Spring

Gardens are also good places to sulk. You pass beds of spiky voodoo lilies and trip over the roots of a sweet gum tree, in search of medieval plants whose leaves, when they drop off turn into birds if they fall on land, and colored carp if they plop into water.

Suddenly the archetypal human desire for peace with every other species wells up in you. The lion and the lamb cuddling up. The snake and the snail, kissing. Even the prick of the thistle, queen of the weeds, revives your secret belief in perpetual spring, your faith that for every hurt there is a leaf to cure it.

Amy Gerstler

[poem-today]

A poem by Amy Gerstler

In Perpetual Spring

Gardens are also good places to sulk. You pass beds of spiky voodoo lilies and trip over the roots of a sweet gum tree, in search of medieval plants whose leaves, when they drop off turn into birds if they fall on land, and colored carp if they plop into water.

Suddenly the archetypal human desire for peace with every other species wells up in you. The lion    and the lamb cuddling up. The snake and the snail, kissing. Even the prick of the thistle, queen of the weeds, revives your secret belief in perpetual spring, your faith that for every hurt there is a leaf to cure it.

Amy Gerstler

Image: Colored Carp at Monet's Pond #2 (Photograph by Hisao Mogi)

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"Even the prick of the thistle,   queen of the weeds, revives   your secret belief in perpetual spring..."

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[warlockofagnesi]

The snake and the snail, kissing.

[limeartichoke]

if i don't point out the flaws they don't exist

[veveisveryuncool]

im from the south and it is arctic subzero wasteland weather (28 degrees) so i doodled the crystal shards crew while making out with my space heater

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all! Slightly weird question, but you know I love making and giving themed gift sets: Do you have any recommendations for board books or picture books with a sunshine or lemonade kind of theme? The set so far is a pink and orange and yellow quilt, a plushie sun, and a pair of pink and yellow baby booties with lemon slices all over them. It's good as-is, but I think if I can find a book to tie them all together it'd be even better

[elrieldreamer]

Why the HELL do so many people think that Tamlin should be Elain’s second mate?! Or that she needs to save Spring?!

This fandom is a cesspool.

[orcelito]

Considering the. Ahem. Ways this year has gone, I've not been thinking about it all that much, but. I did start this year with the motto of Year Of Unfucking My Life. With a few goals involved in that.

I got an official adhd diagnosis, as well as a diagnosis for PCOS. Other diagnoses in progress. Gotten adhd meds and birth control to regulate periods. I've gone back to school and I'm keeping up with it better than ever before. I've even been working on practicing driving, something I've been largely neglecting since I first got my driving permit, um... 11 years ago...

I just need to actually Get my license. And I need to get it before the end of the year. If I can accomplish that, then I'll say the Year Of Unfucking My Life was successful.

[softplumbs]

I don't think the flower bunny feels comfortable around Kali.

[qulizalfos]

wish i could be active on here i miss u guys fr

[merge-conflict]

Sometimes I wonder what weird archaic stuff is still rattling around Arasaka’s corporate structure given it’s been a zaibatsu for like 100 years or so. Mostly I wonder what network ghosts and other haunted technical infrastructure they have because lemme tell you, hypercapitalist sprawling tech companies have some Shit going on in the background and it never gets fixed until the people thanklessly duct taping it back into place give up or die. Imagine the technical debt going on in like the HR system while R&D gets all the shiny new toys, and then someone has to make all these systems talk to each other.

[pessimisticgh0st]

I don't think I actually feel anything anymore

[hide-in-imagination]

I'm currently not answering anything nor writing anything because I feel very sick and I can't think. But rest assured, I did see your asks, I'll answer them eventually.

[treestomeetyou]

absolutely bonkers to me that some of y’all are out here saying a victim owes their assaulter forgiveness, or even understanding.

ben has his reasons for his actions, but it’s important to understand that those reasons aren’t justifications.