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Liminal Spaces

My lover dwells in the liminal spaces — the stretch of the shore where the tide touches sand; in doorways she dances, on path’s edge, she paces — and twilight’s the moment she’s ever at hand. She straddles horizons and … Continue reading

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Purely of Joy

Burn me; put your hands on my skin and blacken me. Sear the imperfection out of me until you’ve glassed me, left me as bone and char and shining surface to be admired, to be feared, to be lusted after. … Continue reading

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The Last Time We Spoke

The last time we spoke, I had in mind a vision of Pound’s Metro. You said it was a metaphor for death, whereas I could not, could never see it, as anything other than the bittersweet beauty of life. Flashes … Continue reading

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