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i'm a hyphenated pause / between sheets / of crumpled paper
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Feb 28, 2014
Embers disappearing into the sunlight
love springs forth like fire / crawling up the oak's strong boughs / burning it all down
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Jul 19, 2013
base emotions
lust. / No. Lust... / That need which cravenly capitalizes upon itself.
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Jul 5, 2013
Confident In Retrospect
I remember when we met — / wait, no I don’t, but I remember after — / weaving back and forth like Ariadne’s needle,
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Jun 22, 2013
stroll
a day flies by and whiles away / drawing lies and smiles alike / like filings to the lodestone
19
Mar 26, 2013
Exodus From A Central Point
Watch the diaspora disappearing / whispers growing fainter hard of hearing / lights are growing dimmer by the minute
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Mar 10, 2013
The Soldier's Song
Although denied the truth he'd sought so long, / the soldier gave his gun and sang his song: / "Despondency is not my trade, nor should
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Nov 13, 2012
Selectively Employed Contagion
They say I suffer from retrograde cash flow / and it is afflicting me with anterograde anxiety / so they let me go
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Nov 13, 2012
large numbers
the law of large numbers states that / for every action you take / a nearly infinite number of actions remain unfulfilled.
23
Oct 17, 2012
every last gasp
The world was closing in / like rough waters overhead. / And as the pressure rose
12
Oct 17, 2012
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