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The weight of a halo
I follow every rule they sketch, / careful not to tear a feather, / careful not to loosen
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5d ago
A shared grave of wax
If I call this love, / it is only because language has no gentler word / for two endings arriving at the same time.
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Jun 1
Two bodies, same soul
Do you hear it- / or has it always lived inside the walls of your ribs, / pretending it was yours alone?
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May 28
Flowerbed
My lungs fill to the brim with roses and lilacs. / My bones transform into their stems, / my cells their leaves.
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May 22
In the pool
It starts almost nothing- / a piano note sinking into water / like it already knows
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May 10
A Language for Burning
If I name you flame, / it is only because language has no word / for the way you unmake me gently.
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May 4
What courage used to be
Do you see the face in fire? / The way it screams in agony / The way it wants the pain to stop
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Apr 26
Rotting butterflies
When the worms start to eat my stomach, / they find only rotting butterflies- / once alive, trembling with color,
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Apr 23
Spring
Spring steps softly through the fields, / scattering green beneath our feet, / waking every sleeping seed
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Apr 17
Your Shape in Tape
Instead of sleeping with you / I sleep with the tape / that outlines your shape
27
Apr 15
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