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Gant Haverstick Oct 2023
a "forbidden" fruit
that keeps the doctor away
what a conundrum
Gant Haverstick 2023
Gant Haverstick Jul 2023
turn.  a sweep of curls, piano-key black.
wave me inside with forget-me-not eyes.
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Gant Haverstick May 2023
the ring didn't fit quite right
but when she told him
it was simply too tight
the light in his eyes got a little less bright

"what do you mean?", he asked
"it's a little uncomfortable", she said
and his face appeared downcast
as if he'd just learned that a loved one had passed

"it's very beautiful, though", sensing his dismay
but then he surprised her
when he spoke urgently, without any delay
"what, exactly, are you trying to say??"

she didn't understand
she was taken aback
by some issue at hand
brought to light by an ill-fitting gold band

"um, just that the ring doesn't fit"
his silence she could feel
deep in her stomach's pit
so with tears in her eyes, "no really, that's it"

"yeah that's it", he exclaimed
and walked away angry
with her left ashamed
and confused for being blamed

a rain began to fall
soon she was soaked
standing there, feeling so small
right in the eye of this sudden squall

then she felt something had gone
so she held her hand up
to inspect the finger it was on
it had slipped off and was somewhere on the lawn

she searched in vain for the ring's reflected shine
but just when she finally gave up
the rain ended, which was clearly a sign
that everything, anyway, was going to be fine.
Gant Haverstick 2023
Gant Haverstick May 2023
video stores, coffee shops, birkenstocks,
catherine keener.  i want to live there.
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Gant Haverstick May 2023
lovers between the rocks
on a remote part of the shore
with sand in their locks
and pain to explore

their skin changes hue
pink and then gold
before they vanish into
night's twinkling threshold
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Gant Haverstick May 2023
can't say it's something i totally admire
but his propulsive desire
i can't really blame
for so many of us are drawn to the flame
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Gant Haverstick May 2023
he had a dignified stillness
that communicated confidence
and an air of quiet dominance

but the truth he long denied
for despite his surface pride
he was panicked on the inside

so as he walked to work in the rain
he looked up, and a thought splashed into his brain:
"even the tallest, strongest buildings sway"
and that calmed his soul, at least for the day.
Gant Haverstick 2023
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