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3 Haikus
Bugs sing out above / Drowned out by roaring laughter / They wish us goodnight
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Jul 29, 2010
5 Senses
Your flawless body wrapping around mine / Your crooked smile that melts my heart / Your sweet scent making my head spin
10
Aug 28, 2010
A Broken Home
a darkness dances / into the crevices / where the squirrels once raised their young
19
Aug 6, 2013
A Cup of Sunshine
With the sunlight filtering in, / Yellow on yellow walls, / Shining on the green bedspread,
15
Nov 8, 2010
Affair
*‘I have to go.’* / She whispers and sighs into his ear. / Uncovers herself from the sheets
16
Aug 28, 2010
Because of You
Just leave here now / Go far away / Forget all this
16
Jul 21, 2010
Belle
Walking alone through these deserted streets / Through everlasting shadows and still silences / The night sky is filled with stars
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Aug 28, 2010
Caraphernelia
*You are the ghost that encompasses love; you possess my every thought.* / Dust layers almost every object throughout each room of this small apartment. Beneath a white sheet, the dark brown, ragged couch is a perfect image of the haunting fear I hold inside. / In the miserable corner lay your favourite red guitar. It is covered in a blanket of neglect; never again will it feel your calloused fingertips slide across the cracked fret board. Crop circles design the hardwood of where the other furniture once stood.
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May 16, 2012
Consequential
The day was glum / The rain poured / There was silence
22
Nov 25, 2010
Decimation
I / The phantom waltzes to an upbeat song, / softly, slowly, the fog creeps in,
38
May 16, 2012
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