emmackenzie
Nova
36 / F / Ottawa
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Poems + Reposts
A May Day
She’s running out of time and out of breath,
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and the memories are starting to leave her.
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She say
2m
Jun 3
Bloodline Blanket
The first sign was the cat
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that ran up to us on the street,
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he rubbed against us and lay down fo
3m
Jun 1
Burn after reading
They keep saying “burn the books,
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but please keep the guns.”
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Getting surprised second looks
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fr
2m
May 11
Red Letter Day
I have no further business
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fading along beside you.
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Tragic that you always miss
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all the beauti
3m
May 5
Temp Check
Some wounds just never close;
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closed eyes, stuffed nose.
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All that’s left of my innocence
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is th
3m
May 3
Mercy Dog
Sleeping in another room,
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might aswell be another planet.
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Like a satellite orbits the moon,
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bu
3m
May 1
Parasite of the present
You lived your life in sadness
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believing to be trapped in a prison.
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Clinging to imaginary madnes
2m
Apr 30
Skin of My Teeth
Are you the person who reads what I write,
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oh so immersed you recite it every night.
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Let my word
3m
Feb 26
Teal Sheets
Tracing her back playing X’s and O’s,
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arm around her body and holding her close.
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She turns aroun
2m
Dec 17, 2025
Kinds of Kindness
I waste myself thinking of my youth
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I spend too much time looking at my past.
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A body I now long
2m
Nov 16, 2025
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