EveUnfoldingWhisper

46 / F / South Africa
Hush!I generally fight silence / But there are days when it wins / Today / I sit / quiet / and I listen /
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Oct 23, 2019
EucharistThe breath stirs. / The blood, that deep, pulsing tide, / Accepts its spirit burden - / Holds it for
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Oct 1, 2018
I Look Like My DadI look like my dad. / My mom looks like Audrey Hepburn, / with a dash of Twiggy thrown in / for good
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Sep 6, 2017
Working CopyA close read / reveals that / I am nothing / but a rough draft / riddled with / misspellings— / a wo
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Jul 22, 2017
SpoonsCold nights earth becomes / A cosmic cutlery drawer / Lovers neatly packed
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Jul 20, 2017
ProdigalsIt's been an age / [or is it an eon? / or maybe an epoch?] / since we were thrust from our Garden -
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Jul 19, 2017
WindowsDo you remember? / Do you remember, I wonder, / What it was like outside? / How we’d stand there, /
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Jul 18, 2017
DivinationThe poet is a sangoma / throwing bare-bones words that / uncover occult / universes where they / lan
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Jul 16, 2017
Said Eve to Adam (on a Saturday)Spend your day restraining moth and rust; / I'll spend mine subduing child-woes and dust. / But toni
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Jul 15, 2017
Fake NewsIf you don’t mind, sir, / I think I’ll take your / “It’s a fact” / And put it over here / And then I
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Jul 15, 2017
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