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Neighbors
The little boy
his little red raincoat
I remember my little purple raincoat
it used to feel so big.
His grandma
her black raincoat
trowel in hand
I remember my grandma teaching me gardens
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Everywhere
There's a climate rally
okay let's go
to that
I'll make a sign
But now we're making the signwith the markers
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Purple paper
Purple paper ripped out of my notebook
you're beautiful in all the ways
it says in my purple fountain pen
I taught my sister how to hold the pen
and she wrote me the note
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I Picked a Flower and Saw the Stars
When I lean against my grandma
On the green couch
She talks about things that used to be
Does that mean
When I’m her
My grandkids won’t understand
Loves
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I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you
I love you and your smiles
Your voice even though I’m still learning your language
The way your hands hold things
A basketball
Your sisters hand
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Declan.
Last night at work, I had a bit of a panic attack. Something like that, something similar. You don’t really know while you’re in it, why it happens, but the reasons were there, and I know them now.
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words are like weapons, but mine won't wound
If all the words in the world were gone
And we were left with the thoughts in our heads,
The list of things to say wouldn't be that long,
If I had one sentence to speak before sentences were dead.
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on the night that you broke your eyes open,
cried into candy packets you found at the petrol station smelling like gasoline and regret
in your still-standing baby teeth like slabs of sugared marble there were
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crawdad song
you get a line & i'll get a pole
honey - honey! july thickens, slows to a stop outside, get
your rod and line, the ones that used to be your father's. get
your heart from the closet and your coat from the floor,
