Tag Archives: hope

Toska/Saudade

In another language, another lifetime, in another place, if I were someone else and not me I would be able to find the words that mean homesick for an idea. Homesick for the remembrance of something lost. I would be … Continue reading

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On The Occasion Of Your Anniversary

Peppermint on my tongue to wash away the taste of bourbon and cheap hotel rooms. In that place where sand touches water, the liminal space of borders, where one thing becomes another, I constantly find myself wanting to correct my … Continue reading

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DeathWatch No. 121 – “You love me.” “You’re right. I do”

This is Issue #121 of DeathWatch, an ongoing Serial. Click that link to go find ‘A Beginning’ and read from there, if you need to catch up. Happy Reading! PREVIOUS * * * “Why do you delay?” Lucida wondered, standing at … Continue reading

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With This Ring…

I think I’ve found the reason you and I will never make this work. It might be because you eat the last umeboshi without telling me, and it may be because I replace the brine with dog urine. I think … Continue reading

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Servant

I imagine your lips, parting, soft and sweet, crushed against mine, delicate, a bruised flower full of nectar, dripping sweetness, dropping slow honey against your tongue. I imagine your heartbeat as thunder, and your touch as fire. I crave you … Continue reading

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