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a conversation with Pain
“You’ve been treating it like a summer home; vacant, drafty, neglected; and yet you expect it to be in top working order whenever you decide to honor it with your presence”, she scolds. / “But I must inhabit the bustling city, my first home, if I am to survive the marathons of days of disembodied vigilance.” I protest. “Why don’t you just leave me alone?” / “You don’t get it,” she expectorates, eyes narrowing and finger wagging.
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Mar 2, 2019
labels
I refuse to be imprisoned by them; / Formed in a spring of meaning / And specificity;
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Feb 26, 2019
errands with my love
1. / Clutch sinks to the floor / like a drunk mini skirt under a clever pickup line
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Jul 21, 2018
magic
I wear my magic like a cloak, / green as Vulcan blood. / It transforms me
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Jul 9, 2018
voice
“You’re too quiet,” you told me. / “Speak up.” / I don’t think you mean it.
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Jul 9, 2018
Strange Phenomena
An evening of / slippery solitude flows into a / quick-silvery night. I feel the
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Jul 8, 2018
eyes
In your eyes / the night disrobes, and / darkness falls away in
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Jul 8, 2018
July
Someone took a pair of shears / and chopped down all the buildings. / Now I must turn my head
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Jul 8, 2018
candy corn
Comfort is like candy corn. / The first two kernels are delicious: / a gratifying waxy smoosh between your molars;
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Jul 8, 2018
Silence
Silence is where dreams are born. / Where broken hearts clench in agony. / Where gentle breezes lift dandelion seeds from hands of children.
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Jul 8, 2018
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