Tagged: code
you are home after
you are home after
nineteen days, priorities
have promptly shifted –
the building code for handrails
has become one step too high
.
20190803:1159
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: code
the haves have a
the haves have a
singular way of
dedicating themselves
to the diagnosed
trials and tribulations
of the have-nots
when it’s
convenient,
corroborated,
and classifiable
in code. no new
language is
ever needed
for this tried-
and-true
tactical formula
.
20190312:2113
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: tactical
there are levels
there are levels
to these patterns –
the human brain
sears onto a go-to
memory card
the image of
young urban
thing standing
in front of
establishment with
the word trouble –
i am asking you to
flip through several
cards down for
the one that is
grayer, with patterns
more painful
to access,
those invisible
interlocking systems
.
20180528:0943
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there is a version
there is a version
of me who stays, i know it
by the way you speak
to me, in our secret language,
as if i had never left
.
20160127:0800
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after some time, we
after some time, we
speak in code, give the alphabet
a little twist, or
a twirl, understanding that
it’s all in the delivery
.
20160121:0813
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we are rarely much
we are rarely much
different, dipping in and out
of code fluently
.
20151217:0813
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from the B.Q.E.,
from the B.Q.E.,
i am always seeing you
for the first time –
a rapid exchange
in morse code,
from windows to
window, rolled
down for
better decoding
.
20150927:1835
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here it is – the same
the body maintains
under life’s imminent
under life’s imminent
force, grandpa pulled
away from
us, and we are
undone –
immeasurable
strands of DNA
from a double helix
unzipped and waiting
to be translated
once more –
into that
chuckle, a weakness
for the bitterest
tea, an
unbelievable
gentleness, and a gift
for choosing the
right words when
even the right
words will no
longer soothe
.
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