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Jan 2021
D
amanda
two pounds
Jan 2021
D
amanda
two pounds
he loves me
the way i’ve always
wanted to be loved—
with his entire body
all two pounds of it
i brought home a puppy
this week
i named him whiskey
he named me mom
i’ve never been
so smitten
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Nov 2020
D
amanda
the weight of a heavy heart
Nov 2020
D
amanda
the weight of a heavy heart
it really is a privilege to
feel with such a great capacity,
but don’t assume that means
you’ve lost the right
to complain
about
it
feeling your own pain
*****
but feeling everyone else’s too?
good god it hurts
and i think that’s okay to admit
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Nov 2020
D
James Court
The Pledge of Allegiance
Nov 2020
D
James Court
The Pledge of Allegiance
I pledge allegiance to the bigotry
of the Fractured States of Sanity,
and to the Republican for whom it grovels;
one dystopia, godless, divided,
with liberty and justice for those straight white folks who can afford it
#trump
#biden
#2020
#election
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Oct 2020
D
amanda
i love you too
Oct 2020
D
amanda
i love you too
i never needed the words
i just needed them to be true
and i think they are
and you don’t ever
have to say them
i’ll say it enough
for the both of us
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Oct 2020
D
amanda
his name is ryan
Oct 2020
D
amanda
his name is ryan
it would have
felt random
for them to tell me
his name is ryan
when the stars
exploded to make
my soulmate
but then i met that perfect
masterpiece of star stuff
and nothing felt random
not anymore
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Sep 2020
D
amanda
living hell
Sep 2020
D
amanda
living hell
you showed me a heaven
i can never touch
and that no amount of death
will earn me
knowing it exists
knowing you exist
—
i now understand
what they mean by
‘living hell’
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Aug 2020
D
amanda
between dashes
Aug 2020
D
amanda
between dashes
someday
our headstones
will measure our lives
in years
between dashes
but the minutes
and hours
and days
we created
between dashes
well— those will belong
to just us
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Aug 2020
D
amanda
again
Aug 2020
D
amanda
again
today we woke up
and chose each other
again
same time tomorrow?
commitment is cool
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