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 Oct 2023
Ben Palomino
I sank one day
Deep into
A tree
Becoming
One with
The nurtured
Roots
I wished to be
 Oct 2023
Kurt Philip Behm
Writing …
first last
and always  
—its own reward

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
 Sep 2023
Zack Ripley
When I was a kid, all I wanted was to find somewhere I belonged.
Only to find out later, I had that all along.
Because you can’t spell belong without “be.”
And to be is to exist.
I exist. You exist. We all exist. So, we all belong.
But sometimes, it’s not enough.
You can still feel down. You can still feel alone.
And when that happens, just know that, for what it’s worth, you’re not the first who’s felt that way.
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