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Fever DreamsI wake up shivering under all the blankets I own. / My head, neck, throat, back, everything aches. / As tears drip onto my pillow, I look up.
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Feb 21, 2012
Inside I amA little girl staying up past my bed time, / Watching TV from behind the couch, / torturing snails in my spare time,
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Feb 21, 2012
Dad Tell Me About GrandpaTell me how love killed grandpa / when nothing else could. / How he was blasted into the after-life
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Feb 21, 2012
Marie Antionette & The Big Bad WolfMonday: / Marie Antoinette and the Big Bad Wolf meet in the forest, / where she is idly engaged in some bourgeois pleasure.
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Feb 21, 2012
The Hummingbird-manPart I: / When hibiscus bloom, graceful stamens tickling the sky, / hummingbirds swarm in hoards to sunnier climes.
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Feb 21, 2012
Temple of Transition, Burning Man, 2011They built you to be burned, / my gilded temple, / And everyone sobbed when you went up in flames.
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Feb 21, 2012
Four in the Morning (after Wislawa Szymborska)The hour that demands the following day be wasted. / The hour that proves you are irresponsible. / The hour for those under twenty-five.
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Feb 21, 2012
Saying Goodbye to Summer LoveIn the smoke-filled trailer, / Curtains drawn against overcast skies, / His pierced lip trembles slightly,
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Feb 21, 2012
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