aesopsoul

[aesopsoul]

someone new

(march 25 2024)

i don’t think there’s a single person that i’ve met that i haven’t fallen in love with.

even just by a little bit.

im an observer when alone, i like to sit and people-watch,

and i find someone new to appreciate.

i love the girl who knows how to put her hair up into the most perfect messy bun with no hesitation.

i love the guy that does a little dance in the lounge whenever he finishes an assignment.

i love my best friend and the fact they find the positives in anyone and everyone.

i love my long distance friend and their eclectic fashion sense.

i love the regular at my job that orders a mocha the same way every time.

i love the girl at work who has a new set of acrylics each week.

i love people and the little habits and quirks each person has.

the uniqueness of an individual is what makes us who we are, and what separates us from all others in the animal kingdom.

i don’t think i could not fall in love with someone new every day

even if i tried.

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pudding the dog - jailbreak

(feb 22 2024)

**incomplete

After having successfully snuck a Gameboy into the highest security prison in the US, Pudding the dog felt unstoppable, he knew that his hubris would get the best of him if he thought about this for too long, but he was so excited to see what else he could get Tiramisu to sneak in for him. 

Tiramisu was a warden cat that was super high in the ranks of the prison, and maybe he had a bit of an attachment to Pudding, but that’s besides the point. He knew that he or Pudding could get caught any day now, with all this sneaking around they’ve been doing. 

However, Pudding was never satiated. 

After a week of playing on the Gameboy, Pudding’s roommate, Custard Pie, begged him to convince Tiramisu to let them free, or at least help them get out. 

Custard Pie, a horse, was in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping; he claimed he never did either of those things and was just “wrong place, wrong time’d” and was jailed anyway because his name is Custard Pie. 

Pudding was locked up for tax fraud. Why Custard Pie was his cellmate, he doesn’t know.

Tiramisu was doing his rounds one night when Custard Pie waved him over, asking the cat for help with something. Tiramisu hated Custard Pie, and thought he was a selfish loser with an awful track record in prison, he always thought he was going to get out on good behavior, which is not an option when those crimes are committed. Reluctantly, Tiramisu comes over to the shared cell, and asks the horse what he wants. 

Custard tosses his mane and asks him about the sculpture of the founder of the prison, Skeeball the pig, and if it’s really made out of ice. 

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[aesopsoul]

holiday niche

(nov. 29 2021)

our holidays used to be spectacular, a gigantic event that lasted until the next week, having the time of our lives with endless gifts, wonderful food at all times of the day, and the best part? family. 

now, i’m not one that is extremely immersed within the family, like my other kin. as time progressed, however, i’ve come to conclude that i adore observing and absorbing my family and their little niches that only occur in the holiday season. 

as the years come and go, holiday gatherings have dwindled down to just my parents and sister, my grandparents and aunt.

which i believe my family has agreed to be just enough.

i suppose the best way to define our little cluster of a family is "tight-knit." i never knew much of the family drama until fairly recently, and i learned that there’s a pretty good reason we don’t visit cousin jennifer and don’t go out of our way to see her snot nose kids, either. every member of our family has something slightly off with them, that seems to come out more often than not during the season of giving. 

my aunt’s favorite aspect of the season is seeing my sister, me and my father, she loves to talk to us and only us.

it's always has been that way. we won’t even have the time to take our shoes off or to put down the food we brought with us before she swoops in to take us to her bedroom and watch the newest funny video she’s found online.

her room, while a bit cramped, is a safe place. lit mostly by natural light, candles, and a single lamp, it’s cozy and safe. incense burning and the sound of water filtering through a mini rock formation that sits on her dresser, her posters from korean bands and japanese films covering her walls from corner to corner, polaroids and printed family photos from the 2000s, her rabbits, and scenery stuck in her mirror that sits on her vanity, in which is covered in multiple hairbrushes, korean skincare, miniature figurines, and a stack of photos not yet hung up. the floor pillows and blankets covering the carpeted floor offer a sense of comfort, since we all can’t fit on her twin sized bed safely anymore. 

if we weren’t hanging in her bedroom, it would be the kitchen/dining room that we all would be in. my grandmother seemingly permanently stuck within the confines of the kitchen, whether it be by the counter or over the sink, i would sit on the barstools or stand by the oven and talk to keep company, telling of my recent affairs with the general public between my jobs as a barista and a cashier, there are always quite the characters. my grandparents tend to not leave the house as much, simply with their fear of the current global pandemic and world affairs (as well as my grandma never getting her license renewed), my aunt takes them on outings as often as she can, depending on her insufferable job at the county police force. my grandma always tells me that she’s glad im able to relay the funny and bizarre aspects of the world to her as often as i can, and always says “oh im glad i don’t work, i simply would not be able to handle it!! people suck.” and while she is right that people do suck, i also love seeing people and how they get excited about whipped cream on a hot chocolate or the polite chuckle in response to kids crying in the cart behind them.

i love being around people and just observing them.

with dinner drawing near, my grandma always calls out to the rest of us, despite the fact that we’re all still in the dining room,

“now go grab something to drink!”

and we listen, my sister and i head to the finished basement to the mini fridge; stocked with sodas, chocolate milks, and waters. selecting a sevenup or sunkist, we are offered a glass by my grandma for such high-end drinks. 

once we are all seated at the table, and food is passed around, my grandpa- seated at the head of the table- asks my father- who is seated at the other end- if he had caught the game last night. it never mattered what the game was; basketball, baseball, or football, my dad’s response was always “i saw half of it, turned it off whenever we were so far gone there was no chance.” and with a hum in response from my grandpa, he would divulge into a play-by-play to my dad of the final moments of the game, regardless if the points were 45-2, with our designated team being the 2. With always the dreaded questions of how school or work has been lately, i love to tell of the fun characters that come into the coffee shop in town, or how my classmates still don’t know the difference between your and you’re. treading lightly on the current political climate, since so many of us have such opposite views, it’s better to just sigh dramatically and go “it’s been rough” and leave it at that.

the clinks of forks and knives against the fine china as someone gets up to get another helping out of the linked crockpots, dinner slows until the final fork stops. in which we are left to clean up and talk of anything new and exciting that’s left to discuss, as my grandmother retreats to the kitchen, and my aunt, sister and me into her bedroom, we let the adults talk until it’s time for dessert of either a pie, cake, or an array of small treats. either way, the main aspect that always brings us back to harmony is food. and nobody knows it better than my grandmother. 

regardless of the season or time of year, there is the comfortable routine that is always brought on by the smaller part of our family, and frankly, im glad we stopped with the overwhelming amount of family within one place. the stuffy air, and the lacked avoidance of political and social talk. perhaps it was always meant to be this way.

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[aesopsoul]

an introduction

hi there! i'm ryan, a digital media production major and a creative writing minor at elizabethtown college. i write mainly poetry, short stories, and streams of consciousnesses.

some of these projects are either complete or in progress, so constrictive criticism is always welcomed! most of these works have been submissions for classes or the campus literary magazine fine print. or sometimes just things i write to get something out there!

thanks for sticking around, and welcome to my blog!

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