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Cut diamond pond

A Poem by lizardbrain

"Ponds freeze in the shape of cut diamond,"he told me.That means the safest place to stand is in the middle,The thickest ice beneath your burning feet..

Winter peach

A Poem by lizardbrain

late-winter evening sky reflecting the colors of the under-ripe peach in your handorange flame against a deep purple backdropoverlain with greyish fuz..

The noticing

A Poem by lizardbrain

All aspects of life are that one ear that is floppier than the otherAll of the eyelashes that I have plucked out before their primeThe dry skin by the..

thoughts trying to get somewhere

A Poem by lizardbrain

this book or thatthis life or nonethis skin or bare floorbare flooreverything i love i hateand everything i hate i lovelike time and words and languag..

Ripped Flannel//Flightless Bird

A Poem by lizardbrain

First one buttonThen the otherBut somehow I've managed to hang onto themAcross multiple statesEvery day more of my elbow peeks outAnd the open sleeves..

"I wish when we touch"

A Poem by lizardbrain

I wish when we touchyour hands would burn prints into my skinuntil your tongue would soothe them away.I wish when we touchour sticky arms sticky legss..

“I have found my body collapsible”

A Poem by lizardbrain

“I have found my body collapsible,”a fold-up accessory to be slippedin a pocketa car consoleor a box of tic-tacs.I have found my body acce..

"Tell me it isn't you in the photograph"

A Poem by lizardbrain

“Tell me it isn’t you in the photograph.” Tell me your eyes are not the windows to a steel blue ocean river lake pool droplet of wat..

Belly button

A Story by lizardbrain

A belly button kneels in my viscera. Hoping one day to stand tall and stretch out its limbs. Losing hope each year as it instinctually pulls farther i..

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A Poem by lizardbrain

written 6/13/18