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What was I supposed to get done by now and did I achieve any of it? I don’t know and: probably not. And that’s okay. Because, at the end: I’m still here. And let’s be honest, that’s more than I thought possible. I’ve lived a thousand exciting lives in my head. It’s the one outside,…
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Locked out
So I locked myself out Or did I lock my dog in? Now I’m idling about Nothing to lose, all to win Locks need keys and well mine You may have guessed by now Are inside, while I whine On the stairs and I vow To never check my mail again Who could really need…
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Conflict
Conflict – fickle beast of yeast – growing ever largerChanging all the processes – agreement now much harderHeat, moisture, friction – conspire to make something completely newWhat’s left of the issue? No view, only fog. Can you see a solution, society’s glue? You’re not listening! You aren’t! Come on! That’s absurd!While falsehoods and half-truths we…
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Sol Andaluz
You alight a completely different bird than the one that rose into the air a couple thousand miles earlier. You went through puberty mid-air and then, when the first ray of sunshine hit your freckled skin and you heard palm leaves rustle as the salty sea air breezed by, though you had just landed, it…
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It’s been quite a while
It’s been quite a while since I lastAbsorbed any of the sounds out thereSo ripe for the plucking, not stuck inThe loop of mood regulating songHere then – a bird chirping, a door closingA child screaming as leaves rustle in the windBehind which window are they muffled andWhere can they breathe free? Those silencesTip Toe.…
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Creux
It’s the absence that hurts more than anything present. Pervading everything with the lack thereof.I’ve been stripped of sadness by my antidepressant.And with it, I’ve been stripped of love. It’s in the unrequited gaze on the subway train.Not breaking up that fight I witness on the street.I’ve come to getting used to standing unclad in…
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Blueberry
And the dreaded question: what’s your plan? As if anybody had them, as if they didn’t just smoke weed in dad’s old den. As if I had a choice in the matter, as if now was tomorrow, was yesterday, was way back when. Longing for a future that once was, but no more. Like a…
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Control
It is but the beginning he said, then he started all over. No such luck at the other end of the line. If it’s at all linear and not a hostile takeover. If actions have consequences and there’s a design. But what if there is no sense in any of it all? Nothing to hold…
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Paranoia
Only trust those you cannot trust, if trust someone you absolutely must. For if you expect the unexpected, there shall be no more surprise. The unfathomable treachery and evil you will surmise In your fellow human being, and you’ll even think it just To give a verdict without hearing the accused. Fear begetting paranoia begetting…
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I take my leave of you
On quiet nights, so dark, so calm, I take my leave of you Without words, roses still on the table, I take my leave of you Resignated, defeated, head down, I take my leave of you On quiet nights, so dark, so calm, I take my leave of you A single note struck on a…
From in between concrete
Servings of fresh, melty words
From in between concrete 