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grapefruit sacrifice
cut in half in a ceramic bowl, the edge of the spoon carves out the meat from the middle, sawing at the membrane that encases the pulp.
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Confession
the contents of the atlantic
are tucked behind my ear.
the other isles have oozed into my hair
parasitcally working their way down my throat
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Instructions on How To Lie
Disregard the misconceptions of hostility in the act of lying. It is just a mechanism brought to us first by Darwin. A bird nips at the soil, her beak raw from the tragic repetition of giving and giving.
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metaphor
I have this image of you holding a bloody heart, kind of sunken. When this girl needed help the most you tore out your heart to give it to her but her body rejected it and attacked it. It's a natural reaction, like allergies.
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Armageddon
It was there where she left you,
Under Canada splayed upon the crucifix,
It was there where the titans fell,
Into the webbed palms of the
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Little Kid
ravishing in sunlight.
in my breakaway,
in climbing vines
roots embedded in the crevices
of old worn stone
notice how they cling as they grow?
and suddenly i am just an infant
Loves
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Sugarcoated Words
marshmallows cracked black
with gooey innards showing like majestic guts
sickly sweet and soft like a lullaby
drawing me in with the promise of joy
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Papercuts
Did you know that, when you wrote me, I was made of papercuts
That I was ink and glue and wax but mostly, I was papercuts
Did you know that, when you read me, I am made of memories
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Growing Beautifully Old
Because that is love,
When my beaten wrinkled skin is still caressed by you,
And your gray smoky hair is my loving obsession.