{"id":223055,"date":"2022-11-07T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T12:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=223055"},"modified":"2022-11-01T03:51:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T03:51:30","slug":"love-like-theres-no-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/11\/love-like-theres-no-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Like There’s No Yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Love like there’s no yesterday
\nlike you’re the first to ever love
\nlike it’s fresh and for the first time
\nbecause it is fresh and for the first time
\nand the illusion otherwise is just a trick of human perception<\/p>\n

Love like a hermit crab that said fuck it
\nand cast aside its shell forever<\/p>\n

Love like a three year-old rides a tricycle<\/p>\n

Love like the nukes just started flying<\/p>\n

Love like two middle aged bloggers
\nmaking out in the rain while Australia floods<\/p>\n

Love like cobwebs and calliopes<\/p>\n

Love like a geyser of starlings
\npouring from your chest cave<\/p>\n

Love like God just cracked you open
\nand gazed at all the parts of you you’re most ashamed of
\nthe things you feel most guilty about
\nand chuckled sweetly
\nat how you think any of that matters
\nin this roaring ocean of infinity<\/p>\n

Love like an intimate ultrasound
\nof the world that’s waiting to be born<\/p>\n

Love like everyone’s watching
\nand you’re a slutty little attention whore<\/p>\n

Love like peacock angels in screaming orgasm<\/p>\n

Love like you deserve to love
\nand be loved
\nbecause you do
\nbecause you do
\nI swear to you on my accordion heart
\nand my warzone womb
\nand my eyes that are brimming with my grandmother’s tears
\nyou deserve to love and be loved
\nyou do
\nyou do
\nand it is safe
\nand it is right
\nand it is good<\/p>\n

Love like tender holiness kisses<\/p>\n

Love like swampwater messiahs<\/p>\n

Love like watching My Dinner with Andre for the very first time
\nhome alone with the lights out
\nand a box of tissues
\nand a mind full of wonder<\/p>\n

Love like eating an orange while listening to crickets<\/p>\n

Love like a heartfelt impromptu pop song serenade
\nfrom an adoring lover
\nwho cannot sing<\/p>\n

Love like a mother noticing that her prattling child
\nwill never be that age again<\/p>\n

Love like you are a very young primate
\nin a very old universe you do not understand
\nand your accomplishments mean nothing
\nbecause everything’s so big
\nso all that matters is love
\nand loving<\/p>\n

Love like a scarecrow saint<\/p>\n

Love like a balrog buddha<\/p>\n

Love like babies eating ice cream<\/p>\n

Love big<\/p>\n

Love hard<\/p>\n

Empty the tank<\/p>\n

Leave it all in the ring<\/p>\n

There’s nothing to save it for anyway<\/p>\n

30 Oct 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper who publishes regularly\u00a0at <\/a><\/em>Medium<\/a>. Contact: admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Go to Original \u2013 caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\nlike it’s fresh and for the first time
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