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A Chance Encounter
"In your dream, a moonlight figure appears / at your bedside and touches your face. / He asks if he might share the bread
21
May 5, 2018
Cinnamon Chai
Some days I still open my eyes with silent panic that as I awaken, I'll be held down. / At 8AM light streams past the gap above your curtains. Broken, I'm relearning safety. / 7 years of surviving but now in your red sheets, I do not fear being held so much.
3
Sep 8, 2019
Dull Torpedo
The thermos stands like a torpedo / on its end. / A gift from my grandparents,
12
Feb 7, 2010
Elegy for a Pencil
I won't lie, it's easy enough to replace you. / You were a replacement yourself. I bought / you at office depot, and your predecessor
15
Feb 7, 2010
Firmer Ground
12 years ago today: / The first time I massaged / your scalp with my feet.
25
Feb 2, 2013
Good Luck
I stand here silently, / watching them take you away / in a box of metal.
38
Feb 7, 2010
In Addition to that Already in the OREF Form
In this era of stressed / props, I am sighing. / Lists
12
Feb 2, 2013
Open
My hands open as our paths unfold / apart, and behind us, cities unfold. / Two Lycaenidae tear through the lavender field,
18
Apr 4, 2018
Slipped Away
Lotus clouds oversee a Popsicle stick roadway, / between us only dirt that, like jellyfish, echoed away / A refugee of the Imperial Court once hid in the Zhongnan.
18
Feb 2, 2013
Sweet Tooth
All I can think to do at the table / is stare at the bright orange Reeses' / cups package and the Payday
39
Feb 7, 2010
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