Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus Photography
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Tim Barrus Photography
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It Ain’t You Or Me
i try not to look into his eyes/ or I might get lost again/ summer ripples in the thousands/ there was no food in the grocery store this morning/ he is the high priest of sparks fly from his eyes day by day just like this day of ordinary consequence/… -
Tim Barrus In The New York Times
Trump knew in September. He claims he became aware of the virus in January. America finds him amusing. The country is indifferent to the larger questions of life and death. Americans do not care. A psychopathic personality makes a jump – in the same way a virus can – from…
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Night Run
that first weight in my balls/ we run at night/ through the streets/ as if something was chasing us/ it was at our heels, hunger/ another thin rope as a high wire act/ the grocery stores no longer throw away leftover food in dumpsters/ we are on our own, and… -
The Great Suspension of Disbelief
We die alone. What of it. We eat we fuck we joke we play we piss we hate we sing we dance we drink we smoke we tell stories we shit we run we race we love. We try to stay alive. We fail a lot. Whelps. Kingdom of the…
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Dying Alone
his wings in the jagged glass shadows have been clipped hideously/ they say sedation is this empty vacuum where you are not conscious/ this is a lie/ get used to it/ they’re going to lie to you and force feed you murmuring the dark selves songs/ curling discontent, you hear,…
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The First Time I Met Jasha
The first time I met Jasha was in Moscow. I knew right away exactly how talented as a photographer he was. Photography was his life. All my adventures with Jasha were road trips. Moscow to St. Petersburg. Then, later, New York to New Orleans. We were drunk on fun. It… -
Undocumented Boys Speak Directly to ICE During Quarantine
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following rules is not what we do
morning just as clear/ yet i remain a little blury not unlike when the rain gets in your eyes or the fog between your teeth/ i arrive before they do/ with their cigarettes and coffee and groaning/ we have different school rules/ we would do social distancing, but most of…