Grounded Exuberance

If Then Else™ III © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

Excess At the bottom of a bottle On the floor of a barOccasionally… Behind the wheel of a car…...

Petal Music Picking flowers in the skyJumping from cloud to cloudI encountered Pigtopus — smelling of kelp and stardust…...

Breaking the News: Trump’s Bigger, Beautifuler Wall This just in! Very important news. Possibly the most important news ever. Coming to you live from the partially constructed White House Ballroom, currently under tremendous construction:...

Fabricated i was toying with the idea of supremacy (any)revelling in its profound ignoranceits lack of… …...

The Next Retaliation even if REVENGE is sweet VENGEANCE lies in wait © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

time on : time off Weekends sprintat the speed of lightMonday to Fridayat a snail’s pacedon’t talk to me about…...

Love, Under Conditions Love woke exhausted. perplexed. vexed under a blanket of conditions in this, class. order. family my reflection…...

Open Mic at the Beach My spider friend Phil is pristineThe sexiest spider you’ve ever seenI’ve known him since I was fifteen…...

Certain Uncertainty Maybe & AbsolutelyThe bestest friends in my vocabularyWhen communicating with meyou should know:...

Lifted The sudden Destabilizing natureOf being called a “nigger”When spewed with Vitriol and contemptOr as normal indifference…...

You’re A Strange Trophy Animal Disclaimer: This entry contains racial slurs, racial violence, ancestral fear, and my usual attempts to process horror through inappropriate jokes....

Apprehension From the sound of your voice touching my bodyVanilla musk drapes the roomYour arrival is palpableInto a lyrical dreamI fall away Thank you, Sammi Photo by Luca Bravo on Unsplash © 2026 Ociola Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

Taxonomy of a Sinner When I grow up, I’m gonna pretend to be Indigenous, then Asian, so I can experience diverse racism....

Identity Anxiety Audit Before I grow up, I’m gonna seal my fate in an envelope and send it to God via Jesus....

Tuktu Island hopping with the Peary caribouWe stopped on Cornwallis for Arctic willow stewThat didn’t warm me up; now I’m blue…...

Above Nanaimo Lakes after sleeping for six or seven monthsa Vancouver Island marmot invited me out thank you for thinking of me…...