Posts
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Beautiful Lies Foregone
Should I continue this lie
that I am finding this world to be okay?
That I'm comfortable as I worry every time I
show my shoulders because
what if
this is the day that I'll remember with
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Mother Earth
You were always
the original scientist
that inspired the hearts of malleable
kids. They would be sitting in circles
of those numbered matts
with fiddling fingers
that only were (slightly) off task.
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The Bird of My Existant
Hi
Yes
What is your name?
How is your day?
Those are the words that apparently
are vital for learning a language
only if the owl is saying it while
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A Farther Flight
One day I hope to leave
this world encapsulated by a wall far too high for my eyes
to reach.
Looking up is an exercise
that twists my heart in the process
because when did movements
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Misty
I'll go breathe the mist
When coals cool into the fog
Blocking the mind's sight.
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A Kindle of Kindness
Did you have a face
or was that a blur as well?
Did you have bird knees
or were they only your favorite?
Were you or did you?
You had your platform with your mike you spoke cheerfully into
Loves
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The Soul of an American
The patriotic soul of an American is brave, loyal, and dedicated to never ignore that in America they are free to be who they want.
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Starbathing
New starust slicks the shingles
On the ancient roof of the shed
Where a couple of souls lie to clean
Their greying teenage bodies.
The streetlight turns off at
Half past ten,
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the hole where we stood
A story you're told about once every year,
Details increase as you're judged old enough.
Then one year it stops, the story as sparse as it can be,
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Is This Really What It Means To Be American?
Is this really what it means to be American?
To say: Only certain people can be who they are.
To start wars.
To cause pain.
To put others beneath you.