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A Little Self Pity From the Birthday Girl
I was thinking about my friends
when I got a voicemail.
My eyes lit up.
(just a little bit)
Turns out,
it was just about
my car's extended warranty. -
4th of July
It's funny(ha)
how fireworks
sound
like Gunshots
Lit up
against a Black
sky
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The Ballad of Hyacinth and Apollo
Oh, Hyacinth
from Amyclae,
was it a blessing
or a curse?
To enthrall the god
of suns and prose,
who brought you to your hearse?
Oh! Hyacinth. -
At Least It Was Dry
At least it was dry.
At least you could peel off the heat like a second skin
and heal yourself in blurry, blue waters.
But the humidity clings. -
Personality Personified
Everyone has different personality traits that are specific to them. Pick one personality trait and personify it. What would courage act like? What would desperation say? Try to make these attributes come to life.
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My Livelihood Explained in Terms of Watermelon, Skipping, Frogs, Pretending, and Feathers
Ⅰ. My mother wonders why I don’t like watermelon. Why I don’t like red lips smacking, spitting out the seed and sucking down to the rind. They are too watery for me. I want something substantial. Something real.
Loves
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Sprout
Winter nights leave me delirious
The moments we step through right before the fall of snow
A certain forgetting
Like autumn approaching
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Birthday #2
Aging is such a hard concept to get your head around. The world moves, and sometimes it’s easy to forget that you do too, in ways that are impossible to see or fully understand.
