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e string

A Poem by m.s.early

Being a guitar string,I am a note when strung lightlydoesn't judge too much.I wish myself a poem sometimes,but I am only one stringpraying not to snap..

above all else

A Poem by m.s.early

Do not close your eyes when the dogsbare their gnarly teeth.Do not smile shyly whenfire hoses are used to press bodiesunwillingly to the ground.Do not..

In the Morning

A Story by m.s.early

I can't sleep thinking that she's mad at me. I won't even go in the bedroom. She's probably already asleep. Yes, I'm sure she's already sleep. If I ..

her name

A Poem by m.s.early

There is grace in her throat when she sings my name;it is wet on her lips perched like dovesin the roses taking flight.Once her breasts heave and the ..

incorporeal

A Poem by m.s.early

She keeps asking. "When did you know?"As if it were palpable, appreciable, a thing.How do you assess the ethereal birth of a notion?I heard a throbbin..

discovered

A Poem by m.s.early

deeply this morning i thought i might consider,where did the winter leave us still breathless.why was it so imperative that i scratch this edge?the le..

when the magnolia blooms

A Poem by m.s.early

One dayI was at the family cemetery talkingto my great-grandmother like she were still here.The magnolia made an umbrella canopyover the stoneswhile t..

old town

A Poem by m.s.early

what do you do with an old town deserted?board up its eyes so it won't see what it's become?board up its mouths so the gossip that blurtedis hushed? I..

point blank range

A Poem by m.s.early

i found a point blank range between you and iwhere the flag was heralded,we decided to redraw the map;we conceded.and the great compromise was at our ..

eden

A Poem by m.s.early

It is from dust and enmity in which we camethis curse to toil the ground in search for knowledgewill live until the day we die.forbearing we sail this..