Ariana GonBon
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29yo bi Xicana. There's always more to write about, in more interesting ways than white men.
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Make Sure
Make sure you get a job, but that doesn’t pay too much so you can get food stamps and state sponsored health insurance. Otherwise you need $200 per month at least to pay for health insurance so you’re not paying $10,000 when you need an ambulance ride. With insurance, it’ll only be $2000. Isn’t it great? Also, remember when your SSI goes up with the cost-of-living, that your food stamps will decrease because you’re making more income, even though the price of food goes up too, and even staying on the same amount of EBT buys less already. And remember, if you have a disability, you can’t have more than $2000 across your checking and savings account. You can still work though, just don’t make too much or you’ll lose your benefits. It’s expensive to be poor; make sure to save every penny you find on the ground. It’s not taxable, and you’ll need it at the grocery store. And remember that the cheap insurance is barely covering anything, so make sure to not need too many appointments or medications, and to keep your sicknesses down. If you have an issue with your food stamps or Section 8, make sure to take off a day from work (Yes, the day you accounted for to be able to pay rent, that one) so you can go to the housing office and/or social services to wait in line to be scanned for weapons (including crochet hooks, you could dully stab a bitch) to be frustrated at a system to staff that are not paid enough to make excuses for the department they work for. Don’t forget to pay your rent that’s more than half of your income. Don’t forget to report to your pointless job for less than a living wage. If you had a living wage, then you wouldn’t be here at a social services office, now would you? Don’t forget to buy healthy food, even though it is more expensive, and not as fast as fast food, in your already limited free time outside of work, which must also be used for sleep, unless you work two or three jobs, and in that case: best of luck, you fuck! Lastly, life is short, so don’t forget to have fun!
By Ariana GonBon8 days ago in Poets
Loud Love
My Tía used to tell me I had her whole heart. But then I overheard her say the same thing to my baby cousin and I whined to her “but I thought I had your whole heart!” She kissed me and pretended to eat my squishy cheek when she said “It’s still true! I grow a new one for each one of you.”
By Ariana GonBon2 months ago in Poets
A Fractal of Confessions. Runner-Up in Parallel Lives Challenge.
I met up with the friend I believed myself to be in love with. What else can I proclaim when I have too many letters begging him to let me into his life, begging him to be curious about mine, begging me to face reality? They pulse steadily at the bottom of my heart, in the same place as my frustrations and the lies I tell myself.
By Ariana GonBon3 months ago in Fiction
