Posts
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The Taste of Home
Peeling white paint
Stained wooden floors
Dim yellow light bulbs
Papers strewn across the floor
An unmade bed piled with blankets and pillows
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This is What Help Feels Like
I think I might drown
From the weight on my shoulders
Expectations,
Hopes,
Dreams.
I want to meet them
I need to meet them
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Deep Down, In the Lake
Once upon a time,
A woman won a lottery.
But she did not keep
The tens of thousands of dollars.
Where did they go, then?
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To Fall Into a Book
Never have I ever
Ridden a horse
Fallen in love
Flown on clouds
Worn dresses of silk
Met elves
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Time Unwasted
Time wasted away
On small,
Trivial things
I only have one life
And no way
To undo the things
I’ve already done
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My Rose
I was given
A single crimson rose
Once
I loved it,
Took care of it,
Cut the stem because it was too long.
I kept the stem too
Loves
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Halley's Comet
I was ten when the sky cracked open,
and fire spilled out like molten glass through the sky.
The fair smelled of caramel and dust,
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Bouquets
Flowers of songs are arranged in bouquets in my brain.
Not by genre
or artist
But by which dance from my life they transport me back to.
The daisies,
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flown
what do you do when you cross the sea without me?
on this warm night, I stand outside in the blue dark.
I wear a bathrobe over my pajamas
and old crocs that are faded purple
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No Home to Breathe In
Burn them all:
The black, the white
The left, the rightYes, burn them all!
They're bad for our country:
The immigrants, the government
They're bad for us, trust me. -
To Spill Words from a Bruise
I’m learning that one letter
Can make all the difference;
One letter, or
The lack thereof
Could burn down a dream or
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Ballet Barre
releve
To rise
glissade
To glide
allonge
To stretch
Reach