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University Girlfriend — What a wonderful piece!
The evening after I read your obituary,you crawled into bed with me. Your spirit did not muss the sheetsor bend the mattress. Your voice could have been the breeze,but the breeze never tells me to eat more avocados. In your sleepy whisper you recite the lord’s prayer,but change father to sister. Your last goodnight is […]… Continue reading
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Common Beauty
In perfect worlds of Imperfect beings, Explanations of common beauty Is long lost To the subconscious. So the shape and sizes Are taped as prizes. Nature, at times, Sneaks in, Tricks sin, Seeks through vein Then, attraction is found In the colors. Their brightness In the unexplainable. Its art In the different. Its authenticity In… Continue reading
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Too High
I’m from the Citywhere Angels don’t descend to help,they’re in corners getting higher. no preaching nor evangelism could convinceheaven will not give them a chance;heaven is not rolled up in a piece of paper. when down, bound by firegrace is lit and smoothly inhaledthey mount five stories, no ladder no wingsno care that lungs sing,“Please,… Continue reading
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A College Friendship Story: Semester Friends (Snippet)
I taste the wind I sense the sand Have you yet begone, My semester friend? (Semester Friends) A scarcity of time. Vast procrastination, Such distraction– I lack attention. I seek consistency Perhaps stability, But we produce: A change in the winds The rolling of sands– My companion, Let’s be more Than just semester friends. (Semester… Continue reading
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Lost Friends (poem)
“The sky Is a lot to own. An immense power To be held accountable to— Almost too much. So some let go:” Continue reading