November 12, 2026

CiderShe pours it / then warms it. / She asks whether the temperature / is just right. / But it's always

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sunday night of a nephilim: 11-1i spit / plumes of / snot from / my pinked lips, / sludged down my nasal cavity, / to the back of my

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24 HoursTwenty-four hours ago, / I was happy. / Not pretending. / Not forcing a smile. / Actually happy. / A

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The HouseWhere dreams have no end / In that house on the hill / Shrouded by pines / A window shoots beams int

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RapunzelI laugh / And I smile / And I act like everything is okay / But I build my walls higher / Till they

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BitesSoft crunches of leaves and songs of birds fill the air / The sweet symphony of violins echoes aroun

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I Check My Dream at the Front DeskI check my dream at the front desk. / The clerk hands me / a moon-shaped claim tag. / She says, / no

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More than just MarksThe first time I took a test, / back in first grade, / unfortunately, I scored well. / And that was

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the birds of winter ‘to do’ list~ for her, for you~ / those birds / are the insane same that wake me / most summer morns; raucous si

@nat-lipstadt2m

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Life In ParallelBarely buried love / This Earth shaped tomb / Encased by / The weight of everything / A man made fea

@Carlo-C-Gomez1m

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FuckingWhy do we slaughter our own species / Just for a different race, a different life / Why do we fuckin

@Star_showers2m

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SaltThere's salt on my cheeks / Looking in the mirror / Toothbrush dangling / It's coursing down / Quiet

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DestinyTime folds distant stars / Love, written lifetimes apart, / two souls transending time

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Domestic GoddessThis name i hate / Domestic are we animals? / Why is it a womans mental load / Unfair unfair unfair

@Shirlthepearl1m

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UntitledThe sheet, across my achy belly, / cools me. / A comfort, / to sundried tomato skin / as my eyes, st

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The Melody of What Love WasI was a flute, / you were the breeze / that never reached my lips, / yet / I still breathe / the mel

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you made it clearwhen we first met / you made it clear that soul has layers in us / a shackle of wisdom remains dull

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The world i built never held meI am Localhost 127.0.0.1 / I built a world from broken dreams beneath a dying sky, / And gave it sta

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i broke the cycleI am not my parents. / Read that again. / I am not the arguments, / not the slammed doors, / not the

@rynnlovesyouuu7m

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Forget YouWhat's wrong / you keep asking / as if the words would form / into a coherent thought somehow / ever

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Just Can’tI see your damage / subtle muscle / you still laugh, but / you don’t move your face the same / I sen

@TheBoozerCruiser1m

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...will you be remembered?There is something that you don’t think about until it happens / The last moments you share with the

@ARookNamedLove4m

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Darkness feels like home.I was never afraid of the dark. / I was afraid of what would happen, / When I turned the light on. /

@queer_queen6233m

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Between light and judgmentI closed my eyes once and dreamt, / I dreamt of the end of the beginning, / Of a breaking tide untou

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soft philosophyit's a soft philosophy / a quiet certainty / in the way the air is cold, not biting frost, but / rat

@schrodingersfox3m

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Thank You For Your ServiceCalling the VA -- 3:46 PM / Me - "Yes ma'am, my appointment for my knee was changed without notice t

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Russell's Little SermonRussell had a message, / Russell had a plan, / Russell had a podcast / and a rather special brand /

@thepaperroute1m

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Slickery*slick·er·y /ˈslɪk.ə.ri/* / *noun & adjective (British informal, veterinary & most excitedly, domest

@OnceMoreIntoTheFrayDearFriends2m

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down-fall/ascensionWhat was once, / man-kind, / a down-fall, / but also / ascension / light never / erased / since / ti

@RGH-the-fallen-angel1m

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