HeyJaredOPEN HEART SURGERY
I write personal essays and poetry in service to personal and collective healing and liberation! This is divergent thinking and open-heart surgery.
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The Weight of Gravity (is oppressive). (opens the original)
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Disclaimer: the accompanying “essay” to this poem includes profanities and blunt honesty. This piece is not wrapped in wisdom, niceties, platitudes, or forced gratitude. It is furious. *Screams into the void.*I’m publishing this because my brain tries to erase these days, weeks, months later – to gaslight myself once my baseline shifts back to semi-functioning, when I can submit an assignment, manage some life admin, go for a small walk. Yay! Invisible chronic illness! What FUN!!!<a class="
The Bureaucracy of Illness. (opens the original)
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Open Heart Surgery is a one-woman newsletter devoted to exploring metamorphosis, unravelling, questioning and healing. I write essays and poems in service to personal and collective liberation – the personal, political, social, cultural and spiritual realms are all present here. This is a space for divergent thinking and for open hearts.Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/
The shape of chronic fatigue. (opens the original)
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Open Heart Surgery is a one-woman newsletter devoted to exploring metamorphosis, unravelling, questioning and healing. I write essays and poems in service to personal and collective liberation – the personal, political, social, cultural and spiritual realms are all present here. This is a space for divergent thinking and for open hearts.Thank you for being here.Subscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
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