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Rome
The Romans were made of marble.
With the heavenly grace of carved muscles and pride,
they equated Divine Providence with bureaucracy.
Each empire has its own currency,
it's own series of sacred faces -
Her Constellations
The light was soft, painfully soft. The exquisite gold of the sunrise muffled our passion. I reached for her hand, but she pulled away, regarding her own reflection in the lake with clinical poise. -
Bangkok
Sweat soaked and delirious in unflattering khaki, I smell durian:
the notorious stink of custard, sweet side alleys, and jungle sunset,
Tourists dream of cheap cloth and translators, -
Hocus Pocus
Through my astrolabe I see the universe’s concentric squares.
My longing keeps me captive and sacred in God’s incomprehensible geometry. -
Fleeting Fire
Metal to metal; sweating and sea ready,
he mends his boat.
We drive through the blue shipyard,
listening to Christmas carols.
Dusk is quiet like the sunset was, -
Vacation
What I remember most about France was the sun. Even though we visited during a time of historic storms, it glared.
In June of 2016, Paris flooded.
You wouldn't believe how green the hills were.
Brexit,
Loves
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Hood Rats: A collection of Poetry- About 5 PM
5 pm
Is a time of day where it's not quite night yet.
Some would say, The day is young.
Others would argue, the day is over.
They will get in their cars and drive home to their families.
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The Silence Market
In a world where every digital breakthrough to age-old traditions stood as symbols of our progression, it wasn’t the advancements themselves that captivated us, but the revolution of our words.
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1st day of school
"Tomorrow is a new day, with no mistakes in it yet." ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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The Stories in Lines
In each person, there’s a story,
one you may or may not know,
but in every person,
there are hints of their long story,
such as in their beauty.
Around their mouth,
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cardiac
last week, my brother dropped his heart
on the pavement and we both
watched as it cracked right open,
spilling in red ribbons and golden gears