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A Key to LocksCrocheted into a chain stitch to capture the unruly; / I believe the French / translated this to make it more suitable
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Sep 8, 2010
Asking Lenore How to WriteMay I borrow your wing on the wind; / I’d like a different perspective, a little yesterday, / because the selection I have is too personal.
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Oct 11, 2010
A Student's StandpointProfessor, I was in the hospital all night / with a morphine drip; / shaking and crying as they
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Sep 7, 2010
Farewell, SantiagoFarewell, Santiago / The waves chortle in ripples; his boat / corks from side to side, slapping the surface
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Sep 7, 2010
ForgottenYou ask for my name / as I call you Grandfather— / Alzheimer’s stole it.
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Oct 11, 2010
ForsakenLike poppies blossoming on cinnamon skin, / a scent of liquidity and movement / trickles down, flowing away—a stain
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Sep 8, 2010
Fuse*Inspired by “The Burning Giraffe” by Salvador Dali* / I am defined by what clutters my drawers: / • Aortic—a tattered matchbook with a phone number I never called
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Oct 11, 2010
In Need of Salvation (and a Podiatrist)My feet have callused / cracks, so I worry about / my immortal sole.
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Oct 11, 2010
It's Only Crazy If You're Caught*Inspired by “The Swing” by Laurie Lipton* / Alone allows. / I have permission to find out the plight of my Windex bottle,
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Sep 8, 2010
ObsessionHands that look sunburned / at first blush / count the silent ticks of a cognitive clock
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Sep 8, 2010
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