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@FinnFranciis

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(h•a / WUGZ)——— i like lists, but not as much as my friend pa’i (pronounced puh-ee). he really likes lists.

Long Beach, CA
Joined March 2014
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5 years
Ok Ok? music video- almost chose this as the thumbnail. decided it was too glamorous. but as you know.. twitter gets the premium content.
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6 years
listening to stories of 'still feel.' and how it has helped those who are listening to it, i am reminded of why the song was written & who it was intended for..
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5 years
a list i wrote in 2014. i can’t imagine, nor do i remember myself as this person
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6 years
out here
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5 years
simple•poem 038
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5 years
i mean.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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6 years
•to Those at the Shows- thank you for your voices / sweet moves / letters / art / kind words you’re the sweetest.
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6 years
almond butter & banana sammy, pretty standard.
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1 year
therapy saw me naked 26 years i waited life isn’t what i made it my pasta’s what i make of it
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6 years
simple•poem 036 time for bed, everyone
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5 years
respect
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5 years
life is never done being itself. the process of being alive is continuous, there’s no arrival, there is only movement. simple•poem 042
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5 years
discussion : what if everyone’s birthdays were on the same day? what would the positive & negative repercussions of that reality be?
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1 year
there WAS someone in full clown makeup in the crowd tonight. BUT i was afraid to say anything about it during the show bc if someones willing to go full clown for a concert that has nothing to do with clowns- who knows what else they’re willing to
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5 years
rain is a lioness both caring & fierce her roar is mighty her will is strong in her eyes brews a storm of danger & provision simple•poem 039
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3 years
i know i hardly tweet & believe me the last thing i want to do is tweet about food, BUT i think after all these years i finally figured out how to make a good bowl of pasta & im PSYCHED about it. that’s all. you may resume your normal boring pasta lives now.
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3 years
it’s here. it’s really here. #GMYSP1
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5 years
36 dollars & you don’t take credit.. no, i didn’t read the sign yes, i now regret it simple•poem 040
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5 years
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4 years
can JoY be retained even in sadness? ⌇ can Hope be sustained in the thirst of the soul? ∿ can Love be kept tame by a prison or mattress? simple•poem 044
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5 years
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4 years
3things - creature today. - inflorescence was the word of the day (wild). - the documentary nearly killed me but it is complete & will be available for your viewing on Monday
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1 year
ok so i fell HARD during Back Around tonight. talking full body ATE IT & i really need to know what it looked like. if anyone finds a video of it can you send it to me plzz??
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5 years
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6 years
still feel.
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5 years
@halfaliveco cheers to the metal wall that embraced my shoulder for 20 takes while brett manipulated gravity behind the camera with some fishing wire & a good tug.
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3 years
just had a very sober profound awareness of the idea of electricity. you’re tellin me i can just flick a switch & suddenly i can see the whole room? no candles necessary. what. if you too have these, can you let me know? (nobody’s high. existence is just crazy)
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7 years
late night thoughts • 003
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4 years
perhaps i should be a better parent to the phone in my hand putting it to bed well before my head lands & giving myself some time before it awakes to align myself to center margin to understand simple•poem 052
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6 years
i’ve been feeling behind all day as if the moment i woke i had nowhere to be but somehow i was already late simple•poem 035
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4 years
dinner together every night the gift of time & forced presence no longer ships passing in the night an invitation beckons step back in distraction or step up in intimacy i question how to spend the seconds money rich & time poor now flipped to offer lessons simple•poem 050
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4 years
RUNAWAY out today weeee now this documentary is kicking my you know what (bu**)
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3 years
ppl. i don’t think anyone’s ready for Summerland. it’s just. wow.
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3 years
my back hurts can i get an amen
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7 years
right now i feel like the :/ in http://
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5 years
positive- everyone can go see a movie together if it’s one of those theaters that gives you a free movie pass on your bd negative- not enough seats
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4 years
A Yam who A Yam I cannot be any more than A Yam Thus my heart now seeks to accept myself as A Yam Loving myself Just as A Yam simple•poem 056
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3 years
do you ever get so sad that you’re not sad anymore? where your sorrow burns the entire tank of emotion, & now there is no sad or happy or angry or bored or anything. there’s just empty.
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4 years
048 i feel this one deeply
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3 years
if you give someone a gift that has glitter on it, you’re essentially pranking them
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4 years
late night thought • 006 my body is never overwhelmed by the heat of a shower the way it sometimes is in a jacuzzi, no matter how hot the shower is.. i wonder why that is & this is rascal the wise cat
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4 years
to take on the invisible is a feat beyond measure to stand your ground you must be pickled be baptized a fearful cucumber & emerge a zealous pickle simple•poem 046
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3 years
BUSY i’m busy as frick it’s making me sick i need to catch a break before i break like a stick i’m over it but i’ll admit the part of me in love with it ignoring rest i need to quit i hate that i’m ambivalent simple•poem 065
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3 years
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5 years
hot hair in the face spaghetti strands in my mouth ick. my skin reminds me that it needs water & soap hey u, go take bath or somthing. .. yet still the allure of summer holds me close & the sticky sunsets hold their value. simple•poem 037
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7 years
aawake at night MV. thoughts?
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4 years
the dove still coos the flowers still bloom the orchard still bears fruit nature does not yield to sorrow the sun shines on the cheerful & troubled & the train of springtime’s bloom is always on time simple•poem 051
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4 years
comfort may rip you apart til there’s nothing but the numb an empty longing for the struggle a muscle tearing to become strong simple•poem 049
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2 years
the GMYS tour started tonight. crowdsurfed for the first time during one of our shows. thank u for catching me. future shows- be ready.
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4 years
extraordinary times demand extraordinary art simple•poem 047
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5 years
no time like mid-july to start back up the new year’s resolution from 2 years ago. simple•poems let’s gooooo. ps. if anyone feels like writing a simple poem back to me, those are always encouraged.
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4 years
s•p 045 ft. the space heater in my room
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2 years
18 songs out many tour dates announced thrilled
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6 years
after the release of a song, i'm tossed between moments of chaos & an empty calm. moments of thrill & questioning what's wrong. & an itching desire for the these moments to feel like they belong. simple•poem 031
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4 years
I can’t help myself. I am the branch I can-not-help-my-self. fruitless without the vine simple•poem 057
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5 years
who writes a cool things list at 9:14pm with only 3 things on it?
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3 years
The Circle i’m searching i’m seeking i’m grasping i’m gripping i’m falling i’m flailing i’m breaking i’m breathing i’m believing i’m trusting i’m walking i’m running i’m slowing down i’m turning around i’m finding hope i’m becoming love i’m repeating these steps simple•poem067
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2 years
you crawled into my heart into the trunk of it through a knothole somewhere i imagine made a nest of sorts there i’m fine with it though things might feel different you wont outgrow this nook you’ve found it’s yours call it home make it comfortable it will always be here s•p098
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2 years
was given this tonight after the show. there’s some very sweet words & beautiful poetry in here. but i need to understand how.. it seems like people wrote in it from multiple cities? did you guys mail this around? or how did this happen?
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3 years
told you
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2 years
sleep evades me like a nightingale to the human eye my human eyes have been shut for hours but my human brain won’t release my subconscious patiently weaponizes my memories eulogizing every waking hour a painful death indeed simple•poem 085
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3 years
this is my one chance just to think straight this is my one chance just to float but if i can’t get up when i need to maybe my beds too comfortable the habit never stops there using comfort as a crutch if i’m willing to waste my time in bed i’ll waste it anywhere s•p 082
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2 years
it’s all happening.
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4 years
“TOMORROW” - a short film being released tomorrow on the Josh Taylor youtube channel.
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3 years
first show since 2019 become fire.
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6 years
within the eyes of the broken hearted lie fragments of deep connection and care // // once a fragile piece of art, now unable to be repaired simple•poem 034
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3 years
i will never walk away standing here until i die under misty mountain majesty and bloody auburn sky or at least i’ll try simple•poem 081
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4 years
simple•poem 054 first runonsentence poem. twas awkward yet fun to not put a . until the end now my challenge to you- try writing one of your own & if you’re comfortable- reply here with it.
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3 years
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2 years
i want to die i want to die to every god that isn’t giving me new life forgetting what i thought was gospel watching this sunset gets me there simple•poem 089
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7 years
meanwhile, in Alaska... essscolddhere..(10below right meow)
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2 years
buzz cuts & full sparkles
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6 years
to whatever unknown number that called me 4 times at 3:30am this morning... why.
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6 years
i’m taking a walk with nowhere to go my strolling legs snooze today’s events aimlessly wandering in a dream state my body relaxed, drifting in & out of side streets hands tucked in my pockets, cozy. simple•poem 033
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2 years
i need to think of you as volatile in fear that if you’re capable of solid ground & loving me the way i need i’d stay awhile & give you everything & when you leave i’d cry like crocodiles simple•poem 091
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4 years
“daily•art” simple•poem 053 happy•saturdayy
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3 years
@halfaliveco if you don’t go watch the TIME 2 music video that we spent OUR LIVES making, well then, of course i will forgive you, but i will surely never, NEVER, release my secret pasta recipe you do the math
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2 years
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3 years
𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲. take me to the cave of the deep let me slide in the mud of your heart buried in the corner of your shoulder simple•poem 072
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2 years
my nose is a refrigerator my throat is a grocer, with a gambling addiction & a poor temper. my energy is a girl my sinus is a teddy bear my eyelids are semisonic my cough keeps my tycho simple•poem 084 *watches batman once, makes riddles. lmk if you figure it out
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4 years
forgot i wrote this one forget the # on it tho, this is s•p 055 plus a lil freebee thought at the end there
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3 years
when you are near me, no shackle remains no task nor state of mind no physical, social, or intellectual limitation no habit passed down or learned no spiritual wall all things are possible when you are near simple•poem 069
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4 years
dramatic fall poem simple•poem 060
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2 years
for the bereal trolls
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7 years
late night thoughts•002
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4 years
DOC DOC DOC GOOSE 1. have you seen it? 2. what have you felt in watching it? 3. if you haven’t seen it-
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6 years
i dont see what anyone can see in anyone else... but u
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3 years
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6 years
why yall so bossy. what happened to "let's wait patiently for new music to come out and in the mean time, enjoy some nice photos"
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2 years
people walk happy dogs, birds, music at the park a warm day in spring simple•poem 086
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4 years
simple•poem 063 wrote this one on a brisk night run
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3 years
been slowly working on this one for awhile. anyone who’s lived on a bus will understand it all too well. figured i would finish it before the end of tour, but i’m flying home to Long Beach tomorrow, so i suppose it’s complete. simple•poem 076
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2 years
remembering night swims a darker summer night with just a sliver spoon of moon cradling navy blue sky night swims the blanket of top water patterned lights on stilts the muffled symphony of persons worrying somehow comforting to know it’s not only me simple•poem 083
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1 year
Grahams i’ve been eating more graham crackers than i’d like to be eating last night i had 5 for dinner i never before imagined i’d have this problem it just came to be when 2 family sized boxes of the stuff showed up on the table by the big window unclaimed simple•poem 102
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