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"Sehnsucht"No one born too far from Niedersachsen, said Oma, / ever quite captures their sing-song intonation. / Characterized by subtleties, like an umlauted vowel,
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Sep 29, 2015
"An Accidental Commitment"You finally roll over, / after downing the remainder / of the wine you said you’d share with me
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Aug 31, 2015
"Komorebi"She’ll wander back to you again, / but drawn by the string / of ineffable instinct—kissing the sand
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Aug 31, 2015
"By Default"“Nature wins eventually,” mused my uncle David / as we drove past an overgrown lot / on a barren street, where a struggling Motel 6
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Aug 31, 2015
"Ad-Libbing"Charlie crumpled up the script / that his mother left him as a note on the banister; / an ode to matronly passive-aggression
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Aug 31, 2015
"Infinity is too much effort"In your ’97 Mercury, that grumbles / like an arthritic old mare / at every cautious nudge
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Feb 19, 2015
"But we forget the leaves"Only as they lie / flat with defeat / on a rain-slicked sidewalk
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Oct 28, 2014
"Stories"We are stories told / through carbon bonds and / the smoky trail of cigarettes—
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Oct 28, 2014
"The Ellipsis"The benefit / of challenging anything / too comfortably established
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May 23, 2014
"Dedicated to Boat-Rockers Everywhere"I want to write a letter to everyone / who ever made me question anything, from / the nature of the universe to
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Mar 8, 2014
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