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***
At
birth we must begivena
limit for how muchheartachewe
can hold --
I’ve
reached mine. How many
friends
and family..
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***
My
pets place faith in me
to
buy their favorite toys,
and if unwell, to heal them --
but
I always fail that final test --
..
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***
afraid
isn’t enough --
what
prompts us
to
buy a ticket
is
the hope
we’ll
be terrified
by
t..
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***
My
plan? To overcome
the
errors of Icarus
by
eschewing beeswax
for
lightweight graphite,
then fly, soar
..
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***
There
should be rules
for
starting a family,
a
social media post
on each step to follow,
like
a recipe for baking;
a..
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***
Tea
is coffee’s older brother,
inscrutable
as an Asian pear
with
its oh-so-subtle flavors
and
desperatel..
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senryu
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***The
warm
breeze
becomes
a downtown
windstorm, squeezing
between tall
corridorsof concrete,lifting
skirts,
making
noontime side..
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***
It
begins with three words:
but your mother; the change
feels negligible at first. A Cardinal
puffs up, female
beside scarle..
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***
Cigarettes
were my Donald Trump;
someone
to blindly follow,
making
excuses for holes in my shirts,
the
s****y smell of m..
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