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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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Chronological Gaps / The Stories We Tell / Let’s Pretend I’m A Liar, And You Can Sleep At Night

I convinced you I had magical powers because I could make the lights on my street go out by concentrating at them. You pinned me against my front door and kissed me until I couldn’t breathe. I would stare at … Continue reading

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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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