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Bukowski Was Right
I've handed you / every missed opportunity I have ever had with a beautiful, / intelligent man. You are now
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May 27, 2015
*** is Medicine
She leads with sexuality. / She says **** me," instead of / hello.
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May 18, 2015
The Explanation For Crazy Girls
Because her heart broke / like the thin stem of a wine glass / 6 years ago, and there was
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Nov 28, 2014
Joints & Forest Fires
We walked and smoked / an old, worn out joint / in between a school and church.
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Sep 25, 2014
If you need me, I'll be smoking all our memories.
We used to smoke, we used to spend time / like it was as precious as your last paycheck. / I loved you because
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May 26, 2014
Healing
No, you cannot heal / if healing means leaving me here / alone. I won't allow it.
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Jan 17, 2014
Don't tell me what the weather will be.
Don't tell me what the weather will be, / I want to experience life myself. I need / that unknowable moment
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Jan 5, 2014
the ten commandments on how to be abandoned.
I will write myself to sleep. / I will write long, pathetic / poems instead of texts to my
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Dec 15, 2013
Kind Strangers
Kind strangers cannot fill / the hole in your heart. / It doesn't matter how good they are,
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Sep 27, 2013
please do not leave me/leave me alone forever
It all went very well, / it was a terrible disaster. / You looked so peaceful, lying
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Jul 18, 2013
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