mary-torrezWhisper

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Oil and WaterI didn’t mind the incongruence of our hearts / as we melted together like sticky-sweet ice cream / on a nostalgic summer day, and I wore your
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Jul 28, 2012
To Love a PaintingYour hands were paintbrushes birthing art / upon my hide, creating new landscapes over / the tired contours of my barren canvas-skin
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Jul 25, 2012
Peregrine GirlYou moved in like an exotic species / with high heel roots that just couldn’t / take to the concrete soil and
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Jun 25, 2012
Zombielovethe dirt’s turned up, the body’s gone / and the makeshift cross is snapped in two / maybe you should’ve dug the hole a bit deeper
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Jun 19, 2012
The Tale of the Fallen BalloonYou're droopin' now like a sad balloon / cast down from Heaven / Your tail's dragging on the ground
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May 2, 2012
My Best FriendI stitched a quilt from the parachute / I wore when I fell for you / It exploded from my backpack
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May 1, 2012
Junior and the Purple Roller SkatesWe said not to wear / them inside, but now what I'd / give to hear their sound
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May 1, 2012
FreezeI keep telling myself our love is like / a lake in winter; cold to the touch but / beneath the ice is dormant life
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Apr 30, 2012
Stuck in a Rut (with you)Darling, we're reaching the surface now / I guess you could say we're together / again. And though you're sitting here
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Apr 28, 2012
Woman #94723you don't mind the glass beneath your feet / or the bomb strapped to your chest / ticking second by second like your very own
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Apr 27, 2012
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