Tarot Diaries
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Tarot Diaries
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My #daily #micropoem #tarot #journal ✨
Explosions on both sides. This shithole
Country. Torn between harm reduction
& Watching it burn, I pray for downfalls

R•Sun Q Swords 2•Swords
July 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Today, someone called me "My type
I fear" and it was flattering but so stupid
It reminded me why I love all us queers

Q Wands R•5 Pentacles Kn Wands
May 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Up before five, and I need to fix my sleep
When I'm tired, I scarf down chocolate
Chip cookies until I'm buzzing & shaking

7 Wands Kn Pentacles R•K Wands
May 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Don't sleep. The remedy to nightmares
Is to stay up until six with a call at eight
So there's not enough time to be scared

R•Sun Hanged Man World
May 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Tostones & mofongo - connecting
With my heritage after adoption cut
Me off so thoroughly - raw nerves

Kn Cups 6 Wands Q Pentacles
May 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
My hat nearly flies off The wind thins
The dog from snowman to icicle
I learn my limits reading Kafka in Basque

2 Wands 3 Pentacles K Cups
May 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A decent first attempt at chile relleno
S & R & P & I swapped wine and stories
Until midnight tapped at our shoulders

Hermit Q Wands R•10 Pentacles
May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My arm hurts. "Cuz you're finally working
Your triceps," P says, as though I failed
My whole life to make adequate triceps.

R•Kn Wands 7 Pentacles R•High Priestess
May 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I've got cravings - some I fill voraciously
And some I ignore iron-willed as a goat
I open wide & force myself to unclench

Kn Wands R•2 Wands R•10 Cups
May 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A ring of sunburn around my collar
Like jewelry needles my nerves like bees
Building hives in rocky Aramai soil

8 Swords 7 Swords Temperance
May 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Gut rumbling omen low battery
I learn about squeezing snapdragons
Refry the refried beans ad nauseum

Q Cups R•Death A Cups
May 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Losing steam keeping track of my days
Why not let them blur? Endless sunsets
Meals Days on the job Desires & Regrets

8 Swords Kn Wands 10 Swords
May 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The website's up & invitations are out
I make a portrait of A using moss & glue
Pulled foxtail seeds out of all B's paws

R•P Pentacles 2 Pentacles Q Cups
May 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Read Sylvia Plath's The Rival and now
I have the name for my next novel - stroll
Down Valencia on a forthcoming dream

Hierophant R•6 Pentacles 4 Pentacles
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Talked to everyone today, first in the park,
then in K's backyard, meeting new folks
One after another, each one a pleasure

8 Cups Chariot 7 Wands
May 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Power outage in the morning, drank tea
B smiled up the hill & hid in the shade
On the way back down, saw M tonight

A Cups R•Kn Wands R•K Pentacles
May 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I am letting my focaccia proof overnight
And letting my mind have its rest too
And letting time pour through my fingers

2 Cups R•4 Cups Q Swords
May 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
However fucked up the world is today
I'll always be in awe of the progress
In urinal cake technology in my lifetime

5 Cups 3 Pentacles 2 Swords
May 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
S calls worried that R's fever didn't break
I run back and forth 3 times to deliver R
Her meds and vitamin water and pho

R•6 Swords R•Wheel of Fortune R•World
May 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Started a poem about P's garden
And can't quite capture his unique
Balance of the pragmatic & romantic

10 Pentacles 6 Pentacles R•2 Pentacles
May 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The walls around my first batch of sopes
Cracked and split like lips in winter air
The second batch, though, were perfect

R•Star A Pentacles R•9 Wands
May 4, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The stye in my left eyelid is so hideous
I refused to go into work. So this is how
The phantom of the opera felt. I hate it.

R•K Wands K Swords 2 Pentacles
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Lacking utensils, I ate my pupusas
Like a gremlin in that parking lot
While Meryl told me about Tom Lake

6 Swords Devil 7 Swords
May 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Succeeding at reading more, spent
The day in my basement, ignored
All my responsibilities without regret

5 Pentacles 5 Wands Fool
April 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Wear the after-work robe and slippers
S'mores in the fireplace with red wine
While the thumbnail moon descends

R•7 Wands K Cups R•9 Cups
April 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM