alexandra-carlyleWhisper

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modes of silenceHe is looking away / he is looking at something / beyond you
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Aug 19, 2011
litost*I feel like I’m dying,* / you said, and I wanted to say / *you’ve been dead for years.*
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Aug 15, 2011
alwaysIn those quiet moments / stolen between pockets / of swollen sunlight
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Jul 31, 2011
white noiseand now the shade / is creeping in / and now I can see
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Jul 25, 2011
cellar doorThat summer the sky was hedged in / by clouds, as if to stave off emptiness. / When trees unfolded their fragrant bones
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Jul 23, 2011
through trains and travelIn time you will see / that you wanted / everything too much.
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Jul 22, 2011
slack tideThe danger came / because you did not / expect it .
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Jun 19, 2011
denouementIt arrived in silence. / The sound came after / the suffering,
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May 21, 2011
rubiconbut suppose it’s not a river / suppose instead you are laying / down bricks one by one
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May 17, 2011
what the arms could not holdWe did not always feel such insistent tugging / on the sleeve and so we did not remember / to cherish time until the moment had passed,
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Apr 30, 2011
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