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Table of Contents ......1-2

Butterfly - @majesstiq

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Blue Orchid Mantis - @wanblicodaart

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The Shampoo Bottle Pump - Kacey Voice

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Photography by @kaitlynhod

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Photography by @amongthunders

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Countryside Blues - @gelatojane

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Chaotic Curious

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Vernalagnia in Dimension 3 - Xela

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Moo’d - @majesstiq

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Poetry by Marcus Stephen Hall

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B U T T E R F L Y I DO NOT D

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@ M A J E S S T I Q

AS A EAL WITH S HEALER, TEALERS.

I DO NOT LO VE LE & I DO NOT AVERS BE IN NON BEL LIEVE IEVERS

UNTIL I HAVE I DO NOT GIVE RECEI BECAUSE I’M VED FIRST LEARNING WHAT IT MEA NS TO PUT ME F IRST. THEY’LL SAY I’M GETTING A H E A D OF MYSE CUZ I FINALLY KNOW MY WOR LF T BUT IF YOU A DD UP THE FA H, CTS THAT’S JUST H OW THE MATH WORKS.

& IT FEELS WO HOLDING ON RSE TO INSTEAD OF MY HEART’S HEALING HURTS, SO I LET THAT S IN WHATEVER W HIT GO AY W I GIVE ALL MY P ORKS BACK TO THE EA AIN RTH.

IT’S NOT SO METHING I COULD HA V E PREPA I COULD HA VE NEVER R RED FOR, EHEARSED I TBUT I CAN C

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ONFIRM THA

T I HAVE CL

EARED CURS

ES;

PUT DOWN MY INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA THANG, FLIPPED IT, AND REVERSED IT. & I WEAR TH

E WELLNESS I’VE WON LIK E A MEDAL CUZ I REALL Y EARN MY SUCCESS IS NONREFUN ED IT. I CANNOT RE DABLE, TURN IT. BUT THE NEX T THING I’LL BE RELE A ARE ALL OF T SING HESE BURDE NS. AS YOU AND I B O I NEVER DESERV TH KNOW ED THEM. I MEAN IT TH IS I’M REALLY D TIME, ONE HURTING -

OUT OF MY SNUG

GLY COCOON

A BUTTERFLY IS

EMERGING

NOT AN ENTIREL Y JUST THE ELEVAT DIFFERENT PERSON, E WHOSE IMAGINAT D VERSION I AND REALITY AR ON E MERGING.

STILL A H E STILL NOT ALER STILL NOT DEALING WITH STE STILL NOT LOVING LEAVERS ALERS STILL LEA BELIEVING IN NON R HOW TO P NING AS THE WOR BELIEVERS U LD IS TUR IT’S NOT T ME FIRST. NING EASY, BUT IT HA I FEEL LIK S ITS PERKS...

IF THOSE E ICARUS, WINGS HE WORE WO RKED. 2

BLUE

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ORCHID

MANTIS

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@WANBLICODAART

THE SHAMPOO BOTTLE PUMP

BY KACEY VOICE

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IN LINE E M D N I H E B N E WOMA

SAYS

ST CAN I JU IT? PAY FOR

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I S R E T

AID

MY T F E I L Y IN E N O M R...

A C E TH

WHAT I GOT STUCK ON WAS THE CASHIER’S ADORING RESPONSE

THAT’S SO KIND OF YOU!

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WHICH YES THIS WAS VERY KIND IN A WAY BUT THE TONE SHE USED WAS NOT THAT KIND IN EXASPERATION WITH THREE PEOPLE BEHIND HER AFTER WE HAD WAITED FOR HIM TO GET OFF THE PHONE, THEN FIND THE CABINET WHERE IT WAS HIDDEN, THEN LOOK UP THE PRICE

THIS MANGLE OF PLASTIC FITS IN MY $75 BOTTLE OF SHAMPOO VALUELESS IN ALMOST ANY OTHER CONTEXT

LESS THAN $1.50 THE RESPONSE WAS COMPASSIONATE BUT FOR ME THE CRUELTY WAS IN CHARGING A FEE

FOR THIS I MUST PAY SO GRATEFUL FOR A BETTER WAY TO DISPENSE A MORE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF PRECIOUS VOLUMIZING LIQUID LIFTING MY SELF-IMAGE MORE THAN MY HAIR

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AT WHAT COST? THE COST OF A QUESTION A MO NTH AGO WHEN I LEARNED THE ITEM WAS OUT OF STOCK FOR THE SALON THE COST OF THE PAPER THE CA SHIER WROTE MY PHONE NUMBER ON T O CALL WHEN I CAME IN THE COST OF THE TIME HE TOOK TO CHEERFULLY ALERT ME THAT IT ARRIVED THE COST OF THE SPACE TO STO RE ONE LABELED WITH MY NAME FOR A WEEK THE COST OF THE CARELESSNES S FOR ME TO PARK ILLEGALLY WHILE LEA VING A CHILD IN THE CAR AND RUN INT O THE SALON ONLY THEN TO LEARN I MUST PAY THE PRICE THE ONLY WAY TO BE FREE IN T HIS SYSTEM THIS THING HAS ONE VALUE COVERED BY MY COMRADE TIRED OF WAITING TO PAY FOR TIME, ENERGY, AND RESOUR

DEVALUED

CES

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PHOTOGRAPHY

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@KAITLYNHOD

PHOTOGRAPHY

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@AMONGTHUNDERS

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COUNTRYSIDE BLUES - @GELATOJANE

i left my heart on a farm while my mind carried me away. everything was beautiful. the breeze painted portraits and the grass traced my veins. horses and sheep, staring down the sunrise, looking to another day. everything was beautiful. yet everything was treacherous, devious. figures lurking in my mind, now haunt this land. so i run, and i run. run to slay every dragon, to exorcize every demon until everything is truly beautiful, til everything is clean. i left myself on a farm, and there i’ve been. there i’ll stay. until i decay. so, follow the trail, follow the blood. and still, inside the barn, you’ll find remnants of my heart.

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INTRODUCING A NEW online RESOURCE:

“Embrace the chaos and learn something along the way”

LINK HERE!

Check out the Chaotic Curious YouTube channel if you’re looking for easy-to-understand deep dives into any and all topics under the sun, like the Darkside of Academia or Cartography Gone Wild! You can also join the Chaotic Curious Patreon community, which includes a discord server that is home to the Chaotic Book Club. September’s book is: Feminist Queer Crip by Alison Kafer!

CLICK THE THUMBNAILS TO WATCH !

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VERNALAGNIA IN DIMENSION 3 - BY XELA

KEEP IT MAUI TO HONOLULU EYE-BUCK, I STRUCK 3 7'S LUCK MONK CRUX CONSTRUCT, BARN OHM YUCK SOPRANO ROOSTER PIANO, EGG THEORY DELULU PITCHED FORK LIKE HEXERACT HAY BALES IN TWO BEAUTIFUL EARLY MORNIN’ SINGIN’ VOICE OF MIND IN CONSTANT RINGIN’ FINGERS IN RINGS, KISS THESE MOLECULES THAT’S FOREVER INFINITY BRINGIN’ BARNYARD QUERIST WITH QUILL IN HAND MOOING TO FATES WHILE THEY MILK ME HAVE I YET TO TASTE MY OWN MILK 1, 2, 3 LINENS, SILKY QUILT, TRANSMUTE GUILT INTO APPRECIATED LESSONS

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@ M A J E S S T I Q

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POETRY

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MARCUS

STEPHEN

HALL

Up all night and the light of the sunrise is blinding.

A new dawn, forgotten fawn and the spawn of something else.

Merging from submerging in the essence of reality.

The poison of a generation lost to monotony and society's heart racing to nothing.

I remember a time when, and then I remembered another.

I was a brother, and I was someone's lover.

I've confessed my sins more times than I could imagine.

Forgiving this idea has troubled my passions.

My heart has held life closer than blood.

My cells vibrate infinitely to the sounds of birds crying.

Touching the firmament with the edge of my soul.

Non-believer, but I've believed what I've been told.

Clutched chest and a reason to live.

I've confessed and continue to give.

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Welcome to The Comfort Zone, where we provide discussions and resources related to mental health.

Topic of the Month: Animal Connections

THE CONNECTION TO ANIMALS Research shows that the positive stereotype about autistic people feeling intense connections to animals, sometimes preferring them over humans, is actually true in many cases! Here are some of the ways that animals can benefit the mental health of everyone, but especially neurodivergent folks.

How Dogs Stole Our Hearts Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks Benefits of Support Pets for Neurodivergent People Equine-Assisted Therapy

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