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Sugar Moon
We ate a pint of Ben and Jerry's
together
in the back of your mom's car
that's what friends are
for
and then we skied
when the sun set
and the stars rose
and
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All The Homes
In dirt roads
the way you bounce in your seat
and smile at the mud
coated tires
coated legs
coated boots
while everyone complains that it's not
summer.
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The Second Alley
Mrs. Craywood
her curls needed cutting
instead she dyed them black
she could have washed her face
but she brushed on dark eye shadow
to hide her eyes
she used to think they were
pretty.
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Just Like Them
We'll lie on the floor
You're wearing the yellow hat I gave you
I'm wearing pajamas
We'll facetime and pretend
We're not just like them
We're not
Are we
Loves
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second snow
I am chanting verse 9 of my first aliyah,
a bowl of blackberries and apple cinnamon Cheerios beside me,
fingers twirling the spoon, when -
out the window, there is snow.
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Patchwork Flag
To be American is to
Listen to the rain fall and to
Let it wash over our faces, just
As all who came before us did
(not just the founding fathers did but
the children, the mothers, those
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Batman Toasters
Batman toasters gave me you.
They gave me a best friend
who laughed with me when no one else would
and ran away from the wasps during recess
(we always went near the fence/shade from trees)
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11/7/25
precisely one year ago i went to school after election day and felt like driftwood in an uncertain sea.
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november
It's cold here, I reply to my grandparents when they ask how our week's going. It's cold, and wet, and already I am helping my friends put up Christmas decorations and string LEDs across their rooms, playing holiday music to try
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apology to the mirror
apology to the mirror
i say sorry to the mirror
for looking away too fast.
for calling her names
that no one deserves.