#confessional-writing — Public Fediverse posts
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Strike
The phobia of a copperhead strike
is made real by the lunge of a
lawnmower into the brush to shred
the coiling orange and brown with
a screaming whump only to realize
that it was an eastern box turtle
I had set upon.
Once again what I am afraid of
has led me to destroy what I love
and I weep, wondering if I will ever
become one whose perceived fears
are not acted on.
I did not look to see if the
slowmover was dead
but I knew. I could see the
bloody pieces of her
shell scattered across
the lawn.September 3, 1996
#1996 #accidentalHarm #backyardEncounter #boxTurtle #compassion #confessionalWriting #copperheadFear #CreationCare #creaturelyGrief #destroyingWhatWeLove #ecologicalGrief #Fear #fearAndViolence #fearBasedAction #griefAndRemorse #HereAreWordPressTagsForThisPieceEasternBoxTurtle #humanFear #lawnmowerTragedy #moralReflection #Nature #NatureWriting #Nonviolence #orangeAndBrown #perceivedDanger #phobia #poem #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Poetry #ProsePoem #Repentance #sacredCreatures #shell #SLOWMOVERFollowingGod3mph #Slowmover #Sorrow #SpiritualReflection #thoughts #turtle #turtleShell #unintendedViolence #Violence #vulnerableCreatures #whatIAmAfraidOf #whatILove #wildlife #Writing -
CW: re: Mourning/reflecting on Jezebel's shutting down, writing on the internet
I'm deeply grateful that #Mastodon, for all its flaws, is an alternative space to other #SocialMedia. It's open, independent, and free from ads and algorithms. That is rare and precious these days! Though it should be the norm.
#Jezebel, also for all its flaws, provided something special on the #internet: a space for #women, #feminism, #ConfessionalWriting, sarcasm, and #Millennial coming-of-age. I'm not sure what or who on the #internet is shaping younger generations in the way that Jezebel shaped me, but I worry that it's something more sanitized, less private, and less experimental. In other words, I worry that it's something more focused on being marketing-friendly to brands, rather than focused on engaging and worthwhile content that connects people. I worry that it's something that leaves the worthwhile content creators in a more precarious position than they would have been in even a decade ago.
