joseph-valleWhisper

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A Blind ChildA blind woman stared at me / no, that’s impossible / without eyes one can’t stare
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Aug 7, 2012
Abruptly No MoreThe mind is cruel when heart is careless / And when they both act they choir in sadness / So into the past they both go hurling
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Oct 12, 2012
A Caramel Double"I like my fire white hot / and my skin ice cold." / She talked at me crookedly
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Oct 10, 2012
A Chest So Unlike Your OwnDodge the sunlight escaped your fingernails / that claw for chests unlike your own. / Full of pep and beating and turquoise
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Nov 9, 2012
AchingWhy does this mutt whimper / while lying on the table / before his euthanasia?
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Aug 30, 2012
A Father-Son TalkIt was January of 1994 / when he told me, "Son, true love, / well, it's hard to come around."
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Feb 8, 2013
And So I Went BlindA bag of bricks / hammered my knees / and I fell back
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Feb 17, 2013
And Still I Sit HereAmid wind and thunder, a coming storm, / a September coat rests silently upon my shoulders. / Leaves descend from the bending giants above me,
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Sep 9, 2012
An Ember-Filled FireplaceFamily is / not the humorous, "ha-ha" funny. / It more resembles the "ah-hmm,"
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Aug 8, 2012
AnswerWelcome to the feast, / sit at my table and do not regret / anything that will not be eaten today,
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Aug 21, 2012
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