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You Hung Yourself
I found out this morning that you hung yourself And my day went downhill from there I drank too much, again, of course and ate too much too trying to fill up the hole then I hid inside the soft safe place where dreams and demons mingle Why would someone do that to herself when there… Read more
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You were an ocean
When I was younger You were an ocean A terrifying beauty There were colors in your coral reefs I’d never seen before Sometimes I drifted into your depths until I couldn’t see the shore Body surfing in your waves until my muscles were sore was as much fun as I had known As much as… Read more
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odds and evidence
Against all odds and evidence All you need is love I still believe, impossibly, the best is yet to come All the fractures, strains, and breaks are as valuable as privilege as precious as the prejudice of knowing without seeing flinching without being hit crying with nothing to cry for talking with nothing to say… Read more
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Veteran’s Day – More than fighting
This Veteran’s Day I am thinking about the legacy of veterans that goes beyond wars and weapons, to the ideas that compel people to take up arms, and to the wisdom that is gained through experience, especially such transforming experience as war. Germany, in the early 1930s, was a shithole country. Not that our current… Read more
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Anxiety of course
Anxiety, of course, and unknowable future heartlands where malleable mountains ache to satisfy my soul wait with a mouth still wet from a hungry kiss to lick to smile to tell that strange and potent ancient truth Read more
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