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77 is such a sharp number, pushed in between the sensuous curves of 6 and 8. / All awkward angles and points, 7 is not a graceful number. / It’s odd. And sticks out in all the wrong places.
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Nov 14, 2011
A haiku on the futility of living wellWhere heroes slumber / the hills are just as green as / the graves of villains.
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Nov 1, 2012
Anacampserote (n). Something which can bring back a lost love.This word is unspeakably tragic. / Love lost is no love at all. / No sorcery, witchcraft, or magic
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Oct 1, 2012
ApathyPeople say they have a broken heart, / when they are betrayed. / But a broken heart isn't a hurting one,
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Nov 2, 2011
BloodHave you ever cut yourself / slicing chicken, shaving legs? / You put your finger in your mouth,
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Nov 2, 2011
*****The water here tastes funny. / The food does too, / but mostly just the water bothers me.
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Nov 2, 2011
Field TripThey let me out of my room today. / First time. / Must be for good behavior or something.
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Nov 2, 2011
Go gentlyDo not go gentle into that good night. / Or do and slip away--caressed by cool release. / Without a ripple, slip beneath the quiet waters.
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Jan 20, 2014
GuiltRight off the bat, I want to remind you that I'm not sorry. / That being said. / Sometimes, I empathize with
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Nov 2, 2011
Heat WaveSometimes I dream of that night. / I think if it wasn't summer, everything would have been different. / But it was just so hot.
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Nov 2, 2011
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