I stay here largely due to family, but also because I hold out this tiny glimmer of hope that my fellow idealists and I can improve this godsforsaken state just a little bit. Or at least make things a little easier for the next generation. Or at the very least use protests and marches and demonstrations to show the folks who can’t escape this state, that they’re not alone. Or just exist here to irritate the homophobes, out of *~*~pure spite*~*~
(My mother and great grandmother also used to grow and tend peonies here. Idk if that’s a sign of anything but it’s definitely an indicator that we both descend from women with excellent floral taste)
I stay here largely due to family, but also because I hold out this tiny glimmer of hope that my fellow idealists and I can improve this godsforsaken state just a little bit. Or at least make things a little easier for the next generation. Or at the very least use protests and marches and demonstrations to show the folks who can’t escape this state, that they’re not alone. Or just exist here to irritate the homophobes, out of *~*~pure spite*~*~
(My mother and great grandmother also used to grow and tend peonies here. Idk if that’s a sign of anything but it’s definitely an indicator that we both descend from women with excellent floral taste)
Your writing so eerily mirrors my own thoughts!