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calm in the midst of the storm
i mean it's not calm but the first five minutes
of chorus when everyone is cascading in
through the too-small doorway are my favorite & we,
always the first to sit down,
cluster & converse about
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there was an ice raid in the area
& it was the tensest last period class I've ever been in. Well, for me, at least,
and maybe only for me - when the announcement came on to secure
the school, no going outside, continue as normal,
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musings of an unrefined philosopher
I am a poet. I take the words and I turn them on their heads until the juice runs out. It is red and sweet, like strawberries. I sit cross-legged on lilypads, watching meaning watercolor itself onto the pond. I rust like clockwork in the rain.
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purim
It is a joyous day
amidst a burdened world.
We cluster around stand mixers like crows
to telephone wire, make holy messes
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Loves
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Momentary
To be young is to feel the grass growing beneath your feet
And wander through the woods aimlessly
To see the little, quiet things unnoticed by all else
And say,
I saw something beautiful today.
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Societal grief
I sit in polished classrooms
behind gates and old brick walls,
arriving in quiet cars
that glide past the lines outside. -
the weight of what ifs
The black and white tapestry on my ceiling
paints a subtle reflection
of the personality of my bedroom,
holding the insufferable weight
of millions and millions of stars,
some bright, some dull,
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9 to 5
There's this random office building across the Cinemark downtown.
Sometimes, when I go there,
I'll watch a dumb movie at the theater,
Then tiptoe past glass windows of desk workers. -
after i die
after i die,
i like to think
that someone will plant
a tree over my body.
couples will carve their
"everlasting" love
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sweetness that melts
There’s a quiet beauty
in the things you know won’t last
moments already fading
even while you’re inside them.