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Go gently
Do not go gentle into that good night. / Or do and slip away--caressed by cool release. / Without a ripple, slip beneath the quiet waters.
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Jan 20, 2014
Multiverse Theory
I hope the multiverse theory is true / and there’s infinite me and infinite you. / And due to the nature of infinite chance,
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Jan 26, 2013
If you get a text from me at something oh two
It’s because I’ve been wanting to text you, / but didn’t want you to think I was planning / on texting you at a certain time.
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Jan 18, 2013
A haiku on the futility of living well
Where heroes slumber / the hills are just as green as / the graves of villains.
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Nov 1, 2012
Anacampserote (n). Something which can bring back a lost love.
This word is unspeakably tragic. / Love lost is no love at all. / No sorcery, witchcraft, or magic
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Oct 1, 2012
Pretending I could fly
You might find me silly and vain, and quite possibly insane. / I didn’t stop from humility, but from futility. / Cause I was tired of screaming and fighting
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Mar 6, 2012
7
7 is such a sharp number, pushed in between the sensuous curves of 6 and 8. / All awkward angles and points, 7 is not a graceful number. / It’s odd. And sticks out in all the wrong places.
7
Nov 14, 2011
Silk Skirts
Diaphanous silk skirts glide gracefully around tiny ankles attached to perfect legs. / And the string quartet plays in the background. / Strong hands encircle a tightly cinched waste
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Nov 14, 2011
Senior Year
Do you remember that night the end of senior year? / We drove and got drunk off my dad’s stolen beer. / I sat, sand in my toes and wind in my hair,
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Nov 14, 2011
Lessons
The little girl stood alone in the wood, / Blonde curls tumbled o'er her disheveled red hood. / The stranger approached and offered to help.
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Nov 10, 2011
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