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 May 2013 Grant B
brooke
Thin Dough.
 May 2013 Grant B
brooke
(in the silence
he is doing the
worst of things)

(I'm afraid that
one day he will
say, I'm so sorry
so sorry, I did
what I said I
would not)

(but my fear is
unwarranted,
that would mean
that I wanted to
believe--that I
trusted in what
I should not)


so in the end
it's still my

fault.
(c) Brooke Otto
 May 2013 Grant B
Anonymous
last night i tried to make a cake
but everything went wrong
the baking soda would not take
and the salt was way too strong

i did my best to eat a piece
though it really made me gag
my stomach screamed cease
so i found a wretched hag

she only took one bite
and all she got was leaven
there was a flash of light
and she followed it to heaven

the army got wind of this event
and they made me an offer
if i baked til the enemy was spent
i would surely be an officer

i learned that perfection
is not always best
especially when you make a confection
that won't pass the test
 May 2013 Grant B
p
heaving in the toilet bowl
with scars on hips
broken shards of glass
slice the pale shell
goosebumps emerge from the
ceramic tile
gripping on the white sheets
the pillow absorbs the screams
damp with water
i ingest
the salt and warm water

perhaps someday you can formulate
an understanding
of why
 May 2013 Grant B
Wind Lover
Rejoice
 May 2013 Grant B
Wind Lover
Rejoice, for we are alive
be happy that we can live and breath
no one can tell us what to do
we belong to ourselves
no one else
no one else
 May 2013 Grant B
James Willis
I can still smell you on my pillow.
The space beside me now empty,
The room dark and still.
Time moving slower,
As if to make me wait.
My mind drifting back
To the fire that burned
Just hours before.
The faint scratch marks
Throbbing warmly as I smile.
I close my eyes
And wait to dream you,
Back into my bed…
xoxoxoxoxo
 May 2013 Grant B
Amanda
Sunday Funday
But the next day's Monday
You might feel like **** all day
If you have too much fun on
Sunday Funday
 May 2013 Grant B
Hannah
I am ever burdened by
The undying struggle
Between the ardent, desperate desire
To chain pain’s hand to my own
And let it possess my pen
And my mind’s frail, fearful plea
That I rip myself from its clammy grasp
And remain here safe, and resolve
That it is better to suffer numbly
Than to submit myself
To my deepest self.
Old, yet still relevant.
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