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I’m not sure why working at a homeless shelter made sense to me, except that I needed to immerse myself in some sort of larger real-life situation to get me out of the cage of my mind, in some ways.

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I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet was saying you were kind of crazy, and I carried that around for a long time. I still kind of carry that. And I think it might be true, actually.

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There’s this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn’t have to be. It actually can be a very positive force.

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May 19, 2024

There’s this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn’t have to be. It actually can be a very positive force.

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May 19, 2024

I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet was saying you were kind of crazy, and I carried that around for a long time. I still kind of carry that. And I think it might be true, actually.

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