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Thoughts

The thought of publishing anything I think is absolutely terrifying but I need to get over that in order to function in the world I want to live in. I say to myself as I welcome you to my zine. My name is Alex Zee and you've found ƵEEN! This is my first attempt at an online zine. I am working on the CSS to make this easily printable and distributable at the community pin board at your local library for example.

Recently saw a live NPR piece interviewing volunteers at Shenanigans Comedy Theatre and it moved me deeply. There is a song I think about whenever I experience moments of emotional depth called "Nothing" from A Chorus Line that I heard about on an episode of "Harmontown" back in the day. TL;DR I struggle understanding how I should feel a lot of the time. And the should I mean is the societal should as well as the physical should. My cells don't know bro.

Anyways that's enough for this issue. Check out some poetry and some dates on the next page!

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Art

Oily Eye

Oily eye
oily eye
Give me a slippery wink with your oily eye
As you slip into something more comfortable,
Easier on they eyes.
Talk to me and time flies 
Count the sheep with me as time flies 
Ogle me ogling you 
and babe I think we'll be alright. 
Can we reject this modern dilemma? 
Avoid it serpentine. 
Strip the colors off our canvas 
Become anew with turpentine. 
Reject the roles that made us, 
paint new what feels alright 
Hold on to forever love because it makes us feel safe inside 
Water and smoke are fluid 
Let's be like that 
Open our oily eyes
And our oily minds 
While we wish life wasn't so finite.

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Dates