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Birth
My daughter was born at 4:34 am,
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the same minute I was born
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26 years,
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one month,
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and 26 days
3m
Sep 10, 2020
Twenty One Months
There is a list of things I know I will forget.
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The list is ever growing.
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The list is endless. /
2m
Sep 10, 2020
First Snow
In her purple snowsuit, a child kneels in a foot of fresh powder,
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carefully shaping a snowball in
2m
Feb 18, 2019
Luna
In the spaces between, I love you best.
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The vastness between particles, the distances.
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What a gi
1m
Jan 10, 2019
I Didn't Know
I didn't know you were unhappy.
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Somewhere
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when the dishes sat drying in their rack
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and the bab
1m
Jan 5, 2019
Birthday
One month from today could be
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your birthday.
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In one month we could meet each other
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for the fir
1m
Sep 6, 2018
Bartender’s Haiku
Strangers at the bar
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I polish glasses with care
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No one knows my name
1m
Aug 9, 2018
Signs of Life
Keep an eye out for mountain lions
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is the latest,
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down by the pond where the children catch snak
3m
Aug 9, 2018
Transference
I am eleven, a child
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of recent divorce.
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(I do know what this means and I do not)
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Outside the e
2m
Aug 6, 2018
Celebrating Roundness
To my little one who pushes me from the inside out:
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because of you
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my eyes see new colors.
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Fun
2m
Aug 6, 2018
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