@Graci @lenaoflune

Well at least life is always interesting! :)

@Graci @lenaoflune

Oof. I know she's had a hard year of putting her heart on the line. And with this year in US political stress, to boot? I'll send her a DM today, to say howdy.

How are YOU doing? Any more cereal for dinner silliness? Hopefully no greater slings and arrows in life than that. 🤗

Good morning to everyone here who's managed to avoid becoming a corrupt billionaire (redundant phrase, but roll with me on this one).

Honestly, the one good thing about seeing a) how useless world systems are for combatting greed, & b) how rigged the economy is toward people of unchecked wealth is this:

Once you realize the game's all rigged, you can forgive yourself for "failing" in it. For struggling to get by.

None of us are failures who keep striving to do better by one another.

Not one.

@Graci

Morning lovely lady!

Do you know if @lenaoflune is okay? I haven't seen her post in months.

(GY!BE just released a new album yesterday, so they're on my mind right now.

Post-rock FTW!)

#CoSoMusic
https://youtu.be/55CLYupTQpQ

I fell asleep with my Godspeed You! Black Emperor t-shirt on, and I...

woke up one morning and fell a little further down -
For sure, it's the valley of death.
I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood.

#IFellAsleep

@LiseL

Positively scandalous! 😳

@ceorl

It's extraordinary how much time and wonderful living we lose just trying to get out of our initial programming, no? Puritanism is surely the world's most deviously constructed brassiere.

@ceorl

I chortled like a dirty (stereotypical) Frenchman!

Why, there's a whole story of intrigue and affairs packed into these few lines!

Well done, Ceorl. :)

@Blue_Skyesr_here

I've posted a version of your comments to reframe the ask a bit. There's a definite craft to this whole "asking for aid" thing, and it definitely helps when people see a clear goal and journey they can help you achieve. Also, putting a face to your story helps to get that first click-through to your PayPal site (most folks will skim by it otherwise)!

Like I said, my own finances are lean and dependent on the kindness of others, or I'd help out myself. But hopefully some can!

Okay, #MutualAid CoSo.

We have a big ask from CoSonaut trying to leave a high-cost space in the US and move back to be with her mother, whose condition is deteriorating here in Colombia.

@Blue_Skyesr_here needs to cover at least this month's rent, passport expenses, animal transport expenses, and maybe the plane ticket to start over.

I know that overall funding goal seems daunting, but every little bit will help to knock one item off the to-do list. Can you help a bit? https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/98eNldiBEw

@Christmas_Snow

You know you wanna. :)

@corlin

So is yours!

@corlin

#Poetry
#CoSoAfterDark

Oh, that poem has powerful Richard Brautigan vibes. :)

Do you know this one?

---

The Beautiful Poem

I go to bed in Los Angeles thinking
about you.

Pissing a few moments ago
I looked down at my penis
affectionately.

Knowing it has been inside
you twice today makes me
feel beautiful.

3 A.M.
January 15, 1967

@Blue_Skyesr_here

Can you tell us more about the scope of your need? As you know, I'm in Colombia and my income is very low (though it goes further here) and I'm still paying off debt, but what exactly are you looking to cover?

Rent for a couple of months until you move?
A ticket to Colombia (maybe someone has points)?
Help with costs for moving the animals?
Food, medicine?

It can seem SO overwhelming, but hopefully it will help to break everything down into specific targets.

🫂 #MutualAid

#Zine ...And I suppose I should be clear... 🤨

I'm trusting everyone to be responsible when sending smutty tales and erotic art for #CoSoAfterDark. We'll be looking for seductive and saucy but not full-frontal. And when it comes to the stories and poems, hot-to-trot tension tends to do better than "throbbing 🐓s" and "aching 🍑s" every other line.

Have fun with it! 😈

But remember that the brain is the sexiest organ, and can fill in whatever tight little narrative holes you give it to work with!