Category Archives: Poetry

A Nice Life

In his blackdust heart, a knightly shining fire was born to repeat itself, born to repeat. In his mothwing heart, a brightly screaming song was born to repeat itself, born to repeat. We’re all the same, all the same, from … Continue reading

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Phantoms

Disastrous and wounding; there are layers of toxicity confounding all the potential hope between us. How can I possibly fix things if you won’t even let me talk? Put away your gun words, your knife words, your fist words, even … Continue reading

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Circular Reference

Every fall down, every crash, she is there with strong hands and impatient heart; even if those hands are barbed and the heart is filthy, the frame is sturdy, and it will hold up — it holds up even the … Continue reading

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Wait

She woke to the feeling of cool fall air on her skin, and the whisper of leaves fluttering near, like an aspen or cottonwood’s rattle, and her eyes strained to see, and because so much had been in her minds’ … Continue reading

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Untranslateable

Gone in a flash, in an instant, in a moment and all I have left are the memories of a time and place that never were. I can see your too-blue eyes and I can taste the smoke on your … Continue reading

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