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Ghost StoryThis week we talked over beers, / and my mother told us a ghost story. / We each have dreams that plague us
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Dec 29, 2014
The GraveThe smoke sputtered / sizzled / stank as the dying fire brought their furrowed brows to shadow.
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Jan 14, 2014
My Smoky BladeMy anxiety is the dream of a knife / almost a romantic fantasy of something physical that / could cause me the pain or discomfort that really
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Jan 14, 2014
Give Up The GhostI lived in a metaphorical house for a while, / called it love and locked the door. / Now, the ghosts leave cold tea and trinkets in the corners of rooms and
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Apr 5, 2013
The Kettle, BlackDignity, Arrogance, Apathy and Absolution / I feel as if I am singing your ode to your back, / quite silently. I am mocking you,
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Mar 9, 2012
Sugar the PillYesterday / a friend reminded me of my own story, / a fable of youth, love and
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Mar 7, 2012
The Devil's WomanAt the end of the road she lives alone / a too-thin woman in a too-thin blouse / all silver hair and ancient creaking bone
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Oct 25, 2010
******I'm a little, little teapot, full of secrets. / I'm a girl, all wet eyed and this morning's / careful ministrations are now my
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Oct 21, 2010
DownI lay my head / Down. / I lay my head on mountains of thought and unwoven material.
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Oct 14, 2010
Avian AstrologyBirds in cages are immortalized in poetry, / in wordy melancholy and round top cages beside / windows tauntingly open to the mountains, the
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Oct 13, 2010
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