Tim Barrus Blog
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The Attic Gods Came By Today
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the attic gods came by today
from behind time where they
like to be concealed/ bearing
the imprint of the din, the attic
gods of history’s bin/ taking
out what had been thrown away,
and terrorizing us to explain it/
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And He Would Fly Away
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his heart is rubbish/ he has always lived in his own world/ he knows the outside world is there/ he has simply chosen not to participate/ but such decisions have consequences/ you try changing his wet and shitty diaper/ i double dog dare you/ any romanticism you once held for…
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Tim Barrus in the New York Times: American Family
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What both liberalism and conservatism prop up is mythology. In reality, the American family is a vile, repulsive, and depraved institution whose significance is about power, and has nothing to do with bonding.
I do not mean to be uncivil. This is simply what I think, what I have seen,…
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Julian
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childhood is a dog and pony show
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i no longer listen to them much
beyond what they do inside their skins
i do not seek answers there are none
that work the whole dog and pony
show we call childhood are answers
that are not answers they are pre-
programmed stereotypes in pink
times ten and in…
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World AIDS Day is a Cruel Farce
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On World AIDS Day we will get all the usual bullshit about hope.
Fuck your hope.
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they have all arrived
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waving words and wands
what terrible days
nostalgia makes for loverboys
who ask you to hurt them
and when you refuse you
tell them (as patiently as you
can)
that it’s the other way around
and you will not hurt this one
or this one or this one because
by…
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the grinding gods
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et dans cet abandon dix fois
tout voyage implique un mouvement
nous supposons gonflé de but
certains d’entre nous sont simplement debout
gelé au sol où
le patrimoine est un chien errant parti
faim et boite loin de
les dieux broyeurs dont stationnaires
ailes colorées en jaune par la nicotine…
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Not Everyone Loves Social Media
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Whenever Jacob finds his image in the art of his buddies, or even in his own art, he vigorously rubs it out. Sometimes he cuts off his head. Other times, paints over, or he just uses permanent market to blot himself out.
If you were a kid who has been…
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Tim Barrus in the New York Times
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I work with adolescent boys at-risk. Many have HIV. They are frequently referred to as – the Hard to Reach. A term that carries stigma like a tsunami. I tweet like crazy. Usually about them and me. Relationships matter.
AIDS is not over.
I want you to know that HIV…