Tkess : Writing

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A Chapter by Tkess


Waiting... for what? for the moon to finally rise from slumber. for the ice to merrily mix with my whiskey. for the day to finally com..
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VII

A Chapter by Tkess


Before the evening flattened me The wine glass tinted the surroundings a deep magenta. A voice piercing through the tin armor of night. Upon th..
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VIII

A Chapter by Tkess


When you woke up you were cold You needed a blanket and a coffee You curled around me, a thick quilt We spent the morning, never leaving the b..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Gnarled cliff face shaping the rocky pier. Blind waves crashing, breaking. Soft, delicate flow of silk skirts as fluid as the sea. The day..
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A Chapter by Tkess


The sunlight's more a rumor than fact and I'm inclined to disbelieve. What has the sun done for me, lately? My mind is weighed down like ..
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A Chapter by Tkess


naked eye winks, easing around the corner. fabric falling from her shoulders, burning like day old newspaper. satan smiles in a satin gown. da..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Here in the midst of trumpeters poised, before a fall of miracles. We collide into a communal baptism of words, silence is much too painful, reson..
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A Chapter by Tkess


It's low playing jazz and red wine for me tonight. It's the notes and the aimless thoughts with tattered edges that go together so well. M..
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A Chapter by Tkess


We hold our dreams in broken bottles and tear our own hearts out over chance. She carried the words of centuries and when she left with..
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A Chapter by Tkess


the old red brick across the way the sparse white walls of your room the stained carpet, old and gray your pale skin, exposed the sma..