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For JulieIt’s not the first cool day of autumn, / but it’s the first that won’t end / until April, if ever. The hail covers every crack
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Oct 8, 2013
Saturn Devours Her YoungI lift the little body from the tile, / wrap it with white butcher paper, masking tape. / I roll him up and roll with him.
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Apr 25, 2013
Through WaitingWe pull our knees in and listen to stories, / wait for our own name to appear. Floating by / on a six-panel door or stitched into fabric scraps
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Apr 25, 2013
A FutureHe reads / my cuticles / the way Daniel
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Jan 29, 2013
Of men and boysHe proposed to me at Disney World / and I loved him anyway. / He’s discovered his own brilliance at 22
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Jan 1, 2013
Maharaji M.O.She found a propeller in Portland / and carried it all the way to Eugene / under her arm, this western artifact.
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Nov 8, 2012
7-Day GhazalOn the first day, we are all just hydrogen and time. Filling these hands— / this one mirror angle, one small wrist. One afternoon’s picked-over bones. / The second day, I spun ten times. On the grass, sky turning
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Nov 8, 2012
TonguesThis all becomes intriguing, as these things are. / Listening to couples speak in different languages— / which consonants are abundant, which sounds
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May 23, 2012
Loving BravelyOpen as a glass, vulnerable as clear water, / this is the place hot with birth. I’ve risked more / for less. Much, much less:
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Apr 22, 2012
Doesn't TranslateI am your denial, your Lent fast / The mania in your DNA, / the way the helix twists around itself.
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Apr 19, 2012
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