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What Does It Take to See?
What does it take to see the dandelions blooming in the spring, yellow manes bobbing in the wind?
What does it take to see the sun slanting through the windows, to hear the tree frog's chorus in the night?
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Enough to Heal, Not Enough to Care
They dine upon marble platters, their feet draped in velvet thread,
While we dwell in the slums, substituting bread with insects instead.
They laugh over champagne, heels clacking on polished stone,
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"Teenagers these days"
You shape us
physically and mentally
emotionally and metaphorically
you make fun of us
for finding the flaws
the sketchy parts
in your systems
saying
teenagers these days
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Love, Like Light, Like a Rose
Love
Is like light
Is like a rose
Growing from the darkened depths
Of a blackened bramble
Climbing through the soil
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sleepaway #2
birdsong woke us at five a.m., the washed-out dawn
altogether too bright. wake-up bugle wasn't til eight, time spent
rolling over and over listening to the screen doors slam.
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Anthophile - MK
I was once a girl in love with a flower,
delicate and soft.
So I picked this flower and brought it home,
deciding it was better off with me.
If only I knew calamity would follow