(painting by me with images from Computerizer)

This is a direct-action assistance ad in poetic form

THE INHUMAN-HUMANE SELF, from CYBORGS OF YESTERMORROW)

"Knowing my place."
"Knowing my role."
Having the autonomy to define each.
44 years old, openly struggling with this.
Disabled, Indigenous, Nonbinary
plural-systemic person...
It can be hard to get back to it.

impossible alone,

hard still
even with help.
but
here I am
for a little while.
righting inward wrongs
as I can
accepting that I cannot change everything
but choosing One Important Thing
to change.

Change
is the only universal
constant
on a timescale that
matters to humanity 2.0

some days, faith is hard.
But
I don't WANT faith
I don't want to
'believe'
I want to KNOW.
absolute certainly.
or whatever facsimile
(This is still an advertisement)
my existence can
approximate.


My code?
Survive the day
harm no one
even myself
mentally or...
push
past
easy
cut away the "impossible."
reveal the probable
nudge that
by a few ° (importantly
Celcius too but)

(This is still an ad in poem-form)
a few degrees on a compass

But I can't do any of that
Without You.
If you don't read
what I write
if it doesn't
spark
something
some hope,
dream, joy
or symbiosis
big, or small
then I will fail my mission
and I will fall.
(this is still a poem-form advertisement)
It's
impossible alone.
hard even with help.
defining the sigils
the moments in time
where a connection
was established
an inky red star
against a yellow sky
was nudged away


Please, please join/ help / support / (unalone)
me
today.

https://linktr.ee/marikurisato

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I need financial support.
sometimes
I just need people
who can
hold me back
from the dispair
of oblivion

(needing attention is good)

sometimes I need space
a walk in a forest
of spirits
an ear to vent to
(sometimes therapy)

#AdPoem
Please help me get there
support my work directly
or just tell your friends
why you're sharing
like an Amazon review
but it's your opinion of
my existence
and why you're supporting what I do
so we see what I can make

Thank you for reading and sharing
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