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9 to 5
There's this random office building across the Cinemark downtown.
Sometimes, when I go there,
I'll watch a dumb movie at the theater,
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A Whole Lot of Khaki
It was roughly ten hours too early for Private First Class James C. Bartholomew to be marching.
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Revolutionary
Dear Mr. Shabazz—
I knew you were going to be my hero
The moment my APUSH teacher scoffed at you
And dismissed you as "violent."That's how I knew you were important.
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God save the Quee
I'm holding your frail body by its throat.
Ribs showing, spine poking from your back,
More skeleton than flesh,
You stare back at me. -
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i have geometry homework due at 11.
i blink at the screen.
after all the prompts ive ever read,
this may be the most outrageous.
i am said to be a writer.
it is true that i think too much
and write too little
Loves
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Epistle by Donald Trump to the Angels
I first began in the business of selling people when I sold a strange man in Jerusalem that I did not like for thirty silver pieces. Swaths of people flocked after him down into the precipice of the market.
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the weight of what ifs
The black and white tapestry on my ceiling
paints a subtle reflection
of the personality of my bedroom,
holding the insufferable weight
of millions and millions of stars,
some bright, some dull,
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there was an ice raid in the area
& it was the tensest last period class I've ever been in. Well, for me, at least,
and maybe only for me - when the announcement came on to secure
the school, no going outside, continue as normal,
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sweetness that melts
There’s a quiet beauty
in the things you know won’t last
moments already fading
even while you’re inside them.
