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yom kippur
the world was gray and cold when i rolled out of bed,
the first frost of the season just barely
kissing the ground. i tied the morning
into shoelace knots and hugged forgiveness to my chest.
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i can't remember when i last said the pledge of allegiance
i know all the words, of course. who doesn't? we are practically
brainwashed into our knowing, having to stand and face the flag
(when did you learn that it was hand over heart &
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letter to anyone who thinks they're not enough
you are.
and: you don't have to be.
let yourself exist.
sleep in late.
make your favorite foods.
hug your shoulders, your knees, not to hide behind but to marvel at.
you are marvelous.
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rosh hashanah
means head of the year,
tippy-top, press restart, new year, wind it up, begin again,
clean slate, fresh sheet of paper. so get out your markers.
we're going to draw ourselves a better world.
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ode to the girl in my homeroom who only speaks french
she came up behind me one day & tapped me on the shoulder
i spun on my heel, unsteady, a dumb american consistently
ashamed of my language
she pointed at my face and drew a heart in the air with her thumbs
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pumpkin patch in september
when the time comes
i am not ready.
as in,
the ground beneath me is still dew-soft with summer
and i am just barely stretching awake
to a morning not yet frosted over. they grab my stem
Loves
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Something to get used to
He went out with her last month,
something I will have to get used to,
the glances they'll pass,
and the shadows that will dance at night when there is no one around to watch.
She gave him a nickname,
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ideologies
stardust in rivers
oceans and streams
d0wn from the night sky
and then to you and me
but the label spalled on
wouldn't dare to make you yawn
with the work put in
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1/18/26
You sit in the middle of your college cafeteria—top floor—and things become very apparent to you, very quickly.
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Marigolds, oh marigolds.
I wrote this short story poem thing and I really want to make it better but I don't know what to add or fix. Here it is:
The flowers died on a Monday.
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We will overcome
United States Department of Education,
I'd like to start off by saying that this is a matter that has multiple ways of approaching it, discussing it, and evaluating it.
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Papyrus
I walled myself in with paper three days ago. I used my old fashioned-blow torch to melt the door of my office shut, and pressed my desk and my chair up against it.