<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:47:53 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@zev-de-akhter/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The wound is where the light enters you]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like tiny black hole ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ crystals draping the skin ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤof a bride sucking all the light in ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ such that beyond that bleakly ㅤ ㅤ dark exterior & the ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ drastic gravitational pull ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zev-de-akhter/the-wound-is-where-the-light-enters-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zev-de-akhter/the-wound-is-where-the-light-enters-you</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zev-de-akhter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:09:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkH78429qGQjHSzp8wPm27u12YrZ9agCCEYKS3mQ9TYm439HJoy71Fk3asq9HRswhYaxAUHRDhLWKSM7d4HTTHrH6PxB587zSh7gRy3AnBcnn5fEGmvkte?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And you are growing smaller in my mind.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m a mess of broken hearts thrown in a drawer ㅤ and I tell you I feel nothing now eyes still like gazelle’s but not liquid nomore just coarse ㅤmechanical ㅤ like love it doesn’t matter if you turn back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zev-de-akhter/and-you-are-growing-smaller-in-my-mind-973f71efcec98</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zev-de-akhter/and-you-are-growing-smaller-in-my-mind-973f71efcec98</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zev-de-akhter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 13:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMyYTZmUHpUiP6F3wghmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You and me forevermore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please don’t ever become a stranger whose laugh I could recognize anywhere. ㅤ ~Taylor Swift. New Year’s Day “How peaceful mother Ida lies today, I over her, under the incessant pines, and the elastic sky]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/love/@zev-de-akhter/you-and-me-forevermore-a01c043ae31a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/love/@zev-de-akhter/you-and-me-forevermore-a01c043ae31a</guid><category><![CDATA[love]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zev-de-akhter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 06:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN1NVbhGFyHh4iFXW4gNa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready to be every animal you leave behind.]]></title><description><![CDATA[every contemporary poet is either a woman or queer.ㅤ ㅤ it’s almost an achievement, an empowering phenomenon. no I don’t consider men my creator now–– the only job they’re left with is to preserve some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@zev-de-akhter/i-am-ready-to-be-every-animal-you-leave-behind-52a5cc38698da</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@zev-de-akhter/i-am-ready-to-be-every-animal-you-leave-behind-52a5cc38698da</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zev-de-akhter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 19:38:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN1ju4EnHn83SCsAANN9k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[someone sneezes at a Mai Der Vang reading]]></title><description><![CDATA[and I am infumed. ㅤ ㅤ I missed that word you hypocrite ㅤ you jerk you have no right to be in this room witnessing this monumental display of art. I am infuriated because she resembles my aunt & I hate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@zev-de-akhter/someone-sneezes-at-a-mai-der-vang-reading-6bf9b25fc0b3b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@zev-de-akhter/someone-sneezes-at-a-mai-der-vang-reading-6bf9b25fc0b3b</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zev-de-akhter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 17:01:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN392YVWjTtdGYFrEBmrW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Past stretching to acrophobic heights]]></title><description><![CDATA[if there wouldn’t be no could-have-beens & should-have-beens, this won’t be called life. they hold the ideas of faith & afterlife & heavens. ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ to forget the past, I go from rooms]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zev-de-akhter/past-stretching-to-acrophobic-heights</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@zev-de-akhter/past-stretching-to-acrophobic-heights</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[zev-de-akhter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:41:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdPdvSqcwwJTvbiCMpGmRey1Rtd8H5qrSK5yTKxXVYQvXKWwgBD6ghkToQRfprMjXmPFxGoS6vSurQ4z8ytjave7ZEpuyhfsJrim6vgQ4PFY8jJFdtHNgM2tsjkEqRhvVfFMvSm8SDAHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>