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Purifying Fire
Forgotten newspaper
found its way into my fireplace.
And now it is burning.
Each day another tragedy,
each day another god sacrificed.
We humans are good at making worship mundane. -
Complacency
I tended the small garden outside my small cottage for many years. I grew peas and poppies and rosemary. It was a nice garden. -
The Old Hardware Store
Before they filled it with unflappable vagabonds,
My grandparents’ house was an old hardware store.
Now it's full of salmon, paper, and coats.
They made poetry out of the rough wood, -
Friction
The friction of the universe
is a subtle thing.
Infinite tangents in a curve.
Time and space get caught in my throat
when I try to breath.
There is so much infinity
in the grey sky, -
Random Conversation Excerpt from my Novel
“I am truly free. I am not burdened by caring. I am not tied to anything, not my beliefs, not even my own self preservation. I have escaped time.” -
(with the daffodils)
The impressionistic ecstasy of you in a field of flowers.
Loves
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Til the Storm Passes
Wind
roars through the valley,
the leaves cling to their trees,
holding on for dear life.
But the wind is too strong,
and soon they are lost to the storm.
Rain pelts anything reachable,
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Just Left of Luhman 16 (My Autumn in Colorado)
Spotted, spoiled-milk;
Look beyond these grimy walls
And see the horse tail
Brush into existence fierce vermillion stripes,
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Phantom pain
Houses that are green are one step ahead
From the ivy that will destroy them some day.
I think that ivy is one of my most favorite things about life.
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Without Apples
Six apples in front of my eyes
Waiting for their greater purpose
Each painted a deep, glossy red, reminding me of the perfume that sits on my desk
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Who am I
My name is Cass Parker Perez and I have no idea who I am. I know I am sixteen. I know I like writing, drawing, and listening to music. But I do not know who, what, when, where, or why I am the way I am. I do not know my gender.
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The New Meaning Of Fall
I’m 16.
That means I have 2 more falls till I leave home,
2 more Saturdays spent raking autumn leaves,
2 more Halloween parties,
2 more homecomings,
2 more visits to the pumpkin patch,