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Crochet
The crochet needles are stuck / in my teeth. / The hooks settle in my throat,
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I was a moth
I was a moth / drawn to your flame / once.
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He was never your daughter
He was never your daughter, / not since the day he was born. / He was an identical twin to his sister, sure,
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"I love you" should be a little more difficult to say
"I love you" / should be a little more difficult to say. / There should be advanced language classes
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Villanelle to the Smoky Mountains cabin
The mountains crest in trees gold, / Haze and dew settle to night appease / As the sun rises to words untold.
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PSI #1
*for Daniel, / and anyone else who cares* / I'm relatively new at this,
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stream of conscious, midnight thirty
I don't *feel* it, You say. And, pray tell her / name, my sir, that i may find she thee and prithee / Bear me off to southern sounds, fallow fields,
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nevermind.
The cactus ate the moon; / a cosmic starflower; / a cyanide razorblade.
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Play the trumpet organ-man play (freewrite)
Well, what now, hey? / I threw the dog overboard yesterday. / The day before, the day?
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streetlight princess
Under the streetlights shining silver stars into puddles / and throwing shadows at roaches / I wait patiently for my not-quite-charming prince to drive up
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