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Pointe of view
With every arabesque,
my muscles cramp,
with every pique,
my toes crunch,
holding up every bone in my body
on a platform close to nothing.
We are on the brink of flying,
so
so
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Ode to a good book
I read a book,
a book so good,
I wish I had never read it
so I could read it again.
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haikus written in rain
And Yet We Blame the Rain
all day the rain pelts the earth
our feet do the same
and yet we still blame the rain
Outside These Raindrops -
summer slump
For the first time in weeks,
I have picked up a computer.
For the first time in weeks,
I have written words.
For the first time in weeks,
I have begun to climb out -
Key Change
Some things in the world
just click,
they just fit together
as one half of a pie
would with the other.
They get tossed
and turned
and thrown around the world,
until they find their place.
Sitting on my small, -
Just say it
There are moments
when words don't reach my tongue.
They follow the map of my body,
surviving the trek,
increasing in speed,
in power,
just to get caught in my throat,
scratching,
grasping for the freedom