i feel sixteen again –
late night rehearsals,
midnight bonding in quiet shuddering cars,
sharing trauma,
connecting deeper,
walking aimlessly
down suburban streets
[pomegranate juice will always remind me of you]
and lightning striking
thunder rumbling to be heard
through tinkling speakers
attached to young ears –
maybe it’s the music
maybe it’s the memories
maybe it’s desperate connection
leading to pointless platonic platitudes
[hopefully not tho]
HJ FARR (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, combining dramatic training from a lifetime in Musical Theatre with their own solitary ponderings on queerness, gender, mental health, mundane tiny things, and the world at large. Along with writing, HJ also acts, performs circus, sews, and tries to keep up with societal issues in which they may be able to make things a little bit better. You can find their daily poetry at kipventures.poetry.blog and life-things @hjenby on the ‘gram. "HJ loves Kip!"