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To Be Softened (and kissed)
I’ll share a moment with you.
The day is lowering into eve
tucked in by our February smoke
the color of whiskey and gravel,
and the yard is reminiscent
like a memory of a memory. -
A Boyish Retrograde
two boys sit on the slanted rooftop of
a suburban house on the Amish hillside,
ignoring the jargoning mosquitos
buzzing around their heads and spectating the -
Wrighteous Wrens
Darling hatched from fragile stone
chirping nakedly in your infancy;
you will not be a suitable daughter.
You will not be angelic or saintly
as you barely raise a pious wing. -
Chasing Tail
You kissed me like how you eat
apples with mundanity and matte eyes.
Your bra clasp is a cracked wishbone
held by a child’s birthday prayer. -
Horse Corpse
So large and gentle you were
a special sort of worker.
Strong from weathered weary,
braving the wearied weather. -
An Ineffable Sestina
Ultimately, she will be served
on her stained bed of silver,
placed on the table of a rich man
with an apple in her mouth
forced into a glazed dress
with her palms pointed to God.
Loves
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First Snow of Winter
The salt rained down like stars, scattering their souls across the ebony pavement. It burned through microscopic flakes of glass that lay there, turning to liquid ash. Like a forest fire, life began to sprout within the constellation's cradle.
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Pieced the Puzzle Together
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Catch thou looking at the night
Eos covers thy heart with light
I think not of what I have done
Languish under thy thought
Iris dances in the dark
Not for I, but for thine eyes -
So No One Can See
After a night of snow (always a fitful night for the clouds, I think, tossing and turning, trying to coat the earth evenly with their powdery delights), when our driveways are indistinguishable from the white and more white around them, my neighbo
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Sugaring
Steam rises from the chimney
with a G-rated "come hither"
into the cerulean blue sky.You feel drawn towards it
like a moth to a porch light
on a warm June evening.
"Come hither." -
Garment Workers In LA
City streets fill, coming to life like the beginning of a movie
The buildings glimmer on the outside similar to a new ruby
But inside everyone toils endlessly like it’s their duty
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Supernova
The explosion of a star,
Happens so far-
away, you’ll never see it.
Though, in the death,
The colors are like a breath-