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August 29th, 2010The woman is wearing jewels and a smile. She's a woman now / or at least she's pretty sure / it really depends on the day.
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Aug 29, 2010
Avian AstrologyBirds in cages are immortalized in poetry, / in wordy melancholy and round top cages beside / windows tauntingly open to the mountains, the
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Oct 13, 2010
Corpse IIBody is your ten fingers, ten toes and then growing up and losing/scaring/breaking / them one by one. / Body is spaceship, underwater capsule, walking love bomb.
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Aug 29, 2010
DecapropheticIn ten years I will be chasing twelve fireflies / through the tangled forest. Ten years from now / I will be the wrath of the trees, the walking, moving,
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Aug 29, 2010
DownI lay my head / Down. / I lay my head on mountains of thought and unwoven material.
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Oct 14, 2010
Earth I: EastWe remember the promise, the oath, the flowing words taken straight from the / serpent's crooked mouth. We knew once the promise of immortality, the miracle of my / skin and yours and it was then that we had the miracle cure for loneliness. We knew
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Aug 29, 2010
For Those in Need of DirectionThe purpose of poetry may be to create from immaterial / To deceive / To be unbearably honest and
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Sep 2, 2010
Ghost StoryThis week we talked over beers, / and my mother told us a ghost story. / We each have dreams that plague us
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Dec 29, 2014
Give Up The GhostI lived in a metaphorical house for a while, / called it love and locked the door. / Now, the ghosts leave cold tea and trinkets in the corners of rooms and
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Apr 5, 2013
Leaving HomeYou pace a room full of forgotten thoughts / And find yourself hanging / Down
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Sep 8, 2010
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