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silence

Except for a light upstairs the house was dark. His car still trembled after the four hour drive, and little boys’ breath was soft as their beating hearts as he gathered them gently, carried them in to his wife. The … Continue reading

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desultory

[a persona poem] I have lived around you like the shadow of a planet never facing the sun you are no sun no moon no planet you brood in another room avoiding time and space bats stir in the walls … Continue reading

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memory of the future

She can remember all the things she’s going to do they line up in the rafters barn swallows watching the sky for autumn There is no used to could have in the sky just clouds nestling the flirty sun Her … Continue reading

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