SPRING
SOME REASONS WHY SUICIDE INCREASED THIS SPRING
(+ DOES SO EACH + EVERY SPRING)
Woke up to another hanging Anthony Bourdain 61 Joie de
vivre extraordinaire Won’t see another Spring Contradicting
statements from shattered friends: He was never happier! Never
in a better place He was in darkness for days Anthony drank
gallons of wine to keep heroin at bay 11 yr. old daughter now in
the highest risk group for: addictions mental health issues +suicide
- all the light
- the pollen
- the social pressure i.e., all the sexy patios
- all the beautiful people barely dressed + insanely happy
- fragrance of rotting lilacs
- the fecundity vs. your moribundity
- apocalyptic certainty (Globe+Mail June 8, 2018)
Later in the day attracted beautiful strangers on the Bloor subway An
Amazonian too beautiful for Bloor + Dufferin She sang uninhibitedly
Exuding Nina When our fingers touched
Suicide Goddam
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Cruel giants, mermaids, captivating spells,
a hunger for such things seemed to want to
play itself out within the desert springtime and
its ambushes, its perfumes. (Denis Johnson Jesus’ Son)
SPRING 2018 RIP Anthony Bourdain
..who by fire who by water..
..who by his own hand..
