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jill-harris
American
I'd be okay with getting old If I got to keep these gams They'll wrinkle and sprout those purple-green veins Like spiderwebs spun over kneecaps Yes, since aging means ugly legs I think I'll find a Peter And a Neverland And fight pirates in fabulous Lost Boy tights That accentuate my ever-youthful gams
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Feb 12, 2010
Feb 12, 2010 at 6:35 AM UTC
These Gams
Everyday I see oranges on trees Bright, juicy and I think anxiously of the apple rotting slowly On my kitchen counter I'd rather eat it. I think of peeling the banana Riding in my car And while it fills my stomach And it could be called breakfast I want my apple. And the mango offered in a cafe In the middle of the rainforest On the side of a volcano tastes like heaven, Grainy, juicy, ripe And I think of my decaying apple. My apple, my obsession All I want now Dangerous though it is And I think of Eve and wonder Does every woman have her apple?
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Jan 24, 2010
Jan 24, 2010 at 8:29 AM UTC
Apples
I’m spinning in circles and sea horses prove God And when I sleep my eyes lie awake staring at my eyelids And even when I do not listen I hear and it can never stop, My heart will pump oxygen to every humming vibrating Technicolor cell until it just doesn’t anymore And when I run away I surprise myself by already being wherever I am
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Jan 24, 2010
Jan 24, 2010 at 8:22 AM UTC
Where I am