beth death & the dumb-belles
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If that kebab you dropped in the street was a person
Pinned
The poems will continue until morale withers away on the vine and the vine is cut down and thrown into the fires of gehenna.
(art manifesto)
(art manifesto)
Autofiction. Using all the wrong versions of me as negative space.
February 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Autofiction. Using all the wrong versions of me as negative space.
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Who put all these apes in my Godzilla?
February 16, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Who put all these apes in my Godzilla?
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fight, flight, and a secret third thing
flummox
flummox
fight, flight, and a secret third thing
fraught
fraught
Fight, Flight and a secret 3rd thing
(Eat Cheesecake)
(Eat Cheesecake)
February 16, 2026 at 2:05 AM
fight, flight, and a secret third thing
flummox
flummox
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A moth lost in apostasy.
February 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
A moth lost in apostasy.
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*meeting friends of a friend*
Friend: Before we go inside, I want to talk to you about how weird you can be around new people
Me: *visibly astonished*
Also, me ten minutes later:
Friend: Before we go inside, I want to talk to you about how weird you can be around new people
Me: *visibly astonished*
Also, me ten minutes later:
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
*meeting friends of a friend*
Friend: Before we go inside, I want to talk to you about how weird you can be around new people
Me: *visibly astonished*
Also, me ten minutes later:
Friend: Before we go inside, I want to talk to you about how weird you can be around new people
Me: *visibly astonished*
Also, me ten minutes later:
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For #WorldHippoDay :
happy happy hippos 🦛🦛🦛
Detail from a woodcut illustration in _Men and Creatures in Uganda_ by Sir John Bland-Sutton (British, 1855-1936), 1933, p. 46.
Library of Congress World Digital Library collection: www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
happy happy hippos 🦛🦛🦛
Detail from a woodcut illustration in _Men and Creatures in Uganda_ by Sir John Bland-Sutton (British, 1855-1936), 1933, p. 46.
Library of Congress World Digital Library collection: www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
For #WorldHippoDay :
happy happy hippos 🦛🦛🦛
Detail from a woodcut illustration in _Men and Creatures in Uganda_ by Sir John Bland-Sutton (British, 1855-1936), 1933, p. 46.
Library of Congress World Digital Library collection: www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
happy happy hippos 🦛🦛🦛
Detail from a woodcut illustration in _Men and Creatures in Uganda_ by Sir John Bland-Sutton (British, 1855-1936), 1933, p. 46.
Library of Congress World Digital Library collection: www.loc.gov/resource/gdc...
The power of positive thinking: framing my thoughts as 'unlatched' instead of 'unhinged'. Run free!
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
The power of positive thinking: framing my thoughts as 'unlatched' instead of 'unhinged'. Run free!
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Untitled (Robin Williams with Rodin’s Thinker at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco), by Arthur Grace.
February 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Untitled (Robin Williams with Rodin’s Thinker at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco), by Arthur Grace.
Best advice in any context
You could always assert dominance by farting.
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Best advice in any context
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2/2 Heads of 3 men, one wearing fab collapsible spectacles. By Pisanello.
February 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
2/2 Heads of 3 men, one wearing fab collapsible spectacles. By Pisanello.
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The plot, drop by drop.
February 16, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The plot, drop by drop.
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never got into that hobby because imagine being stranded on an island and a bottle washes up on the shore and there’s a taunting little unhelpful ship inside
February 16, 2026 at 1:22 AM
never got into that hobby because imagine being stranded on an island and a bottle washes up on the shore and there’s a taunting little unhelpful ship inside
Sonnet 138. One of only two poems I know by heart, and I've likely forgotten the other one.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50386/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50386/...
Sonnet 138: When my love swears that she is made of truth
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutored youth, Unlearnèd in the…
www.poetryfoundation.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Sonnet 138. One of only two poems I know by heart, and I've likely forgotten the other one.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50386/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50386/...
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Scared cows
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Scared cows
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You look like I need ibuprofen.
February 15, 2026 at 11:08 PM
You look like I need ibuprofen.
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Gertrude Abercrombie - The Stroll
February 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Gertrude Abercrombie - The Stroll
Sacred cowboys
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Sacred cowboys
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The Daily Rothno is the bottom of a tube train at Tottenham Hale
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The Daily Rothno is the bottom of a tube train at Tottenham Hale
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Found Objects, Cambridge, with the Joy of Wall Furniture
February 15, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Found Objects, Cambridge, with the Joy of Wall Furniture
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The Joy of Street Furniture, Cambridge
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The Joy of Street Furniture, Cambridge
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