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Promises

A sudden gasp of breath into rattling lungs and she is rolling over and getting to her feet. This is the fourth time she has come back to life, and it is beginning to take its toll. She looks around, … Continue reading

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The Honeymoon is Over

I am the last of the white hot nobodies, burning out to ash in a vacuum of cold silence. Don’t cry for me; I won’t remember my own pain in but a moment. All is well.

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To Begin Again

It is hard to start over, hard to begin again, when the lines you think you might color outside turn out to be not lines, not grooves, but chasms. Inside and outside, they are the borders that keep you where … Continue reading

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Coming Through

Splendor within the ripples of a glass of red; if you’re reading this, she holds it to her lips and he watches her drink. He watches her swallow. He watches the way you’ve been in a coma her throat moves … Continue reading

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At This Waking

At this waking, she puts her hands out in front of her so that she can see them, and she discovers they are youthful, bearing strength and grace, and she uses them to fling off covers. There is one sneaker, … Continue reading

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