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Tawni Waters

@tawniwaters

writer, world traveler, goddess, not necessarily in that order

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Jan 22, 2018, 8:06 PM UTC

NOT I DO, BUT I AM

This is me last night. I babysat my brother's pit bull, Enzo (with whom I'm wildly in love), which meant I had my brother's whole mountain cabin all to myself. I said I was going to take advantage of…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Jan 10, 2018, 8:26 PM UTC

Confessions of a Conduit: What Magdalene Wrote in the Sand when the Mob was Gone

I am obsessed with Mary Magdalene. A third of my first poetry collection, Siren Song, was dedicated to Mary Magdalene persona poems. She fascinates me partly because I think she was a force more powe…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Jan 9, 2018, 10:00 PM UTC

TAKING MY BODY BACK

Over the past six months, I've lost 25 pounds. I know it's not a ton, compared to some, but I'm super happy about it because of what it symbolizes. I did it for many reasons, the main one being self-…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Jan 6, 2018, 4:50 PM UTC

Be. Be. Be.

Every human being is a litmus test for other human beings. The way I respond to you has a lot to do with me and a little to do with you. The way you respond to me has a lot to do with you and a littl…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Jan 4, 2018, 5:12 PM UTC

LOVE YOU!

Few things make your stay on earth less pleasant than hating the package you came in. All circumstances, all places, all people, pass out of your field of vision, but your body is with you every seco…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Dec 31, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

HAGSEED DETHRONED: AKA APOCALYPSE AVERTED (a poem)

I slept almost zero last night, mostly because I was up writing this. I am grateful to my anti-muse, the un-illustrious Hagseed (the central character in a book of poems I'm working on called The Hag…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Dec 30, 2017, 7:43 PM UTC

A Love Song for 2017:

It’s almost here, a year that 30 years ago, I could have never fathomed living to see. 2018. Weird. I still swear it’s 1999, 2000 tops, but here we are, almost in the third decade of the new millenni…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Dec 18, 2017, 8:37 PM UTC

WHAT THEY COULDN’T STEAL

They have made a ruin of our temple. They have slaughtered 777 sacred cows and ground them into meat. They set up tents in parks, pass out Pabst Blue Ribbon, serve up blasphemy burgers with sour side…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Dec 6, 2017, 1:17 AM UTC

Day of the Dead

Corpses howl in the streets, clacking corroded teeth, and I should be scared, but I’m not. I weave them marigold crowns, lie down among the headstones, call them to me to talk. We know secrets, we de…

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Tawni Waters
@tawniwaters Dec 4, 2017, 4:41 PM UTC

A Pushing Forty Woman Roller Skates Using Only Her Uncle Cleetus Body

” (In the interest of transparency, I should begin by saying I wrote this a few years ago. I'm no longer pushing forty. I'm pulling it.) In P.E. class, I was that kid. The Lucy from Charlie Brown kid…

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