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I don’t know who I’m talking to
Sometimes I wonder
If you remember
That night?
It was dark and light all at onceFire lit
A volleyball we couldn’t see
A game we couldn’t play
People I didn’t know
I could be with
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again
You know I think it just struck me I was sitting here reading summer poems tasting raspberry popsicles on my tongue but looking out the window,
it's snowing out
and the trees and stone wall and everything,
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tired eyes
tired sighs
jokes and smiling
but sad behind those eyes
don't even know how you're okay
are you?
Loves
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Love Letters for Nerds: On Purity
Today it snowed for the first time this winter. We had classes but you woke up early, so of course I did too.
"Let's skip today," you said. "This day is too special to waste on classes."
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there was a girl
her name began with a d and her hair curled in gold ringlets like coins
and her laugh was infectious and her smile was too
and her eyes sparkled when they caught the light. she walked
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the poem in my notes app that made my best friend cry
she wasn't my first best friend but she was my first best friend. she's the most important cog in my machine, the girl i'd do anything for. i want to be her bestie forever forever.
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What lingers?
I found this vignette in a notebook from summer 2024 and thought it was worth sharing. I have no memory of writing it, but I'm glad I did.
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Jokesgiving
my family has claimed thanksgiving.
it's our holiday, you know,
the one we do the best,
and so it must be ours. we're joking,
mostly, but it's true we do thanksgiving very well
probably overdo but it's better
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Observations From a Beach Chair
Today, I watched boys climbing a log stuck vertically in the sand
And girls kicking at leaves just for the fun of it,
And oh, when did our youth slip through the backdoor unnoticed,