April 19, 2024: Dear Proofreader, David Hernandez
Dear Proofreader
David Hernandez
You’re right. I meant “midst,” not “mist.”
I don’t know what I was stinking,
I mean thinking, soap speaks intimately
to my skin every day. Most days.
Depending if darkness has risen
to my skull like smoke up a chimney floe.
Flue. Then no stepping nude
into the shower, no mist turning
the bathroom mirror into frosted glass
where my face would float
coldly in the oval. Picture a caveman
encased in ice. Good. I like how
your mind works, how your eyes
inside your mind works, and your actual eyes
reading this, their icy precision, nothing
slips by them. Even now I can feel you
hovering silently above these lines,
hawkish, Godlike, each period
a lone figure kneeling in the snow.
That’s too solemn. I would like to send
search parties and rescue choppers
to every period ever printed.
I would like to apologize to my wife
for not showering on Monday and Tuesday.
I was stinking. I was simultaneously
numb and needled with anxiety,
in the midst of a depressive episode.
Although “mist” would work too,
metaphorically speaking, in the mist of,
in the fog of, this gray haze that followed me
relentlessly from room to room
until every red bell inside my head
was wrong. Rung.
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David Hernandez
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Gay
DOB: 31 May 1983
Ethnicity: Mexican
Nationality: American
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, reality star
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Pixel Art - Vol. 1
Series by David Hernandez || IG
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All-American (2016) by David Hernandez
In Episode 315, Rachel brings an all-american poem!
Rachel: David Hernandez said, “My poems are partially autobiographical. To put a percentage on it, 57.4%.”
Griffin: [laughs]
Rachel: “Honestly, it depends from poem to poem. Some are more informed by events in my life, while others are less so. Here’s the thing. When I’m writing a poem, that’s based on an experience from memory, I don’t feel beholden to the facts. That’s the job of journalists. I’m more concerned about conveying an emotional truth, with making art through language. If the poem’s telling me ‘Look, I know you had bananas this morning in your cereal, but blueberries is sonically more interesting’, I’m going with blueberries.” [giggles]
If you’d like to hear more, you can do so here: Popcorn Plausible Deniability, from 20:24 - 29:04
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david hernandez, meditation on impermanence
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What It Means to Observe, and to Know It
David Hernandez, Marie Howe, et al.: 'What It Means to Observe, and to Know It'
[Video: Peter Frampton’s instrumental cover of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun,” recorded at a concert in Los Angeles last weekend. (Frampton was diagnosed several years ago with a muscular disease called inclusion body myositis, hence his performance in a chair throughout the concert.) Soundgarden’s original version of the song was released with a spectacularly surreal video which I thought of…
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Michael Sheen and David Tennant is the British equivalent of Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal.
That's a fact
Also at least three of them have being compared to a Muppet and they fit 4 mcu characters
(yes if you like moon knight and David Tennant just go and watch Jessica Jones, you won't be disappointed trust me!!) <3
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When did this become a WHOREHOUSE
Nobody fucking ask me how I'm feeling, nobody even fucking LOOK at me
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Can I request pretty boy or new kings please?
WIP Wednesday 12-27-23 (Closed) | New Kings AU
Kevin can't really argue that and soon enough they find themselves entering into a side building. Wymack smiles at the receptionist who smiles back, "We're here to see Coach Hernandez." Wymack says.
"Oh, I didn't know he was expecting anyone." The receptionist says eyes falling on Kevin and narrowing as if she thought she might recognize him. Kevin just offered a press smile back.
"We're here to talk about offering a position to one of his players." Kevin says and the receptionist perks up instantly.
"Oh! How exciting! I'll ring him so he can come get you and you can all talk back at his office. We really have been doing well this season." she says. "Why, we had some big famous school come for one of our players just two days ago." she adds.
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david hernandez, uncertain frontier
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