longer.blue

Epically awesome poetry from my better half, my wife Ruth Woytsek, at: ℘ąɬɧɛɬıƈʄąƖƖąƈıɛʂ - ‪@patheticfallacies.bsky.social‬ https://bsky.app/profile/patheticfallacies.bsky.social You can find more of her work here: ruthwoytsek ꧁•⊹٭𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚜٭⊹•꧂ they/them/theirs Writer ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇɴꜱɪᴠᴇ, ʀᴀʀᴇʟʏ ᴏꜰꜰᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ. 🌈 "i, ๓ฯŞēlf, ค๓ Ştrคຖງē คຖ໓ นຖนŞนคl." https://www.instagram.com/ruthwoytsek/ and here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HZKgoXpW2/ I haven't written in forever because of focus issues and menopause. I don't know if my ADHD kicks into high gear when I'm tired or what, but a lack of sleep has always driven me. A YouTube video about Gen Z and late 20th century anemoia sparked an idea (and so did memories of those late '90s thriller games Kagome played). So I present to those of you who weren't around for that enigmatic time: Anemoia. Woke up swimmin' in a filmy haze Sepia tone dreams of the old days Back when the dollar theater played recycled hits DDR at the arcade got them geeks throwin' big fits Kick punch it's all in the mind Not sure what it is we'll find Forgotten memories stored on plastic cards PlayStation accessories sure had it hard Roughed up and completely massacred Taken out like the Columbine disaster Running down streets with one headlight Padiddle! someone gettin' head tonight Catch ya boys later at the Ponderosa If Y2K don't fill them with paranoia We became dusty mixtapes in a glove box Leftover mistakes sung by the Buzzcocks Time pixelated like a loading screen And taught us jet fuel can't melt steel beams