Tagged: corners

every eleventh

every eleventh
taiwanese has or thinks he
has a green thumb – in

tight corners, bougainvillea
conversing with loitering plants
.
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the city stifles

the city stifles
and sanctions every scream, held
and let loose in yet-

to-be discovered corners –
we’re adept at looking away
.
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two bruises into

two bruises into
the morning, counting only
the corners that i

remember – some days just shrink
a little, wrinkling our spaces
.
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block after block, new

block after block, new
york asters, popping up from
unsuspecting corners
.
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here are the corners

here are the corners
that corner me, still –
i keep these
moments dog-
eared, already
yearning to return
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: return

around the corners

around the corners
of comfort, scabs and scars – that’s
how it’s always been
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: scabs

teeter-tottering

teeter-tottering
on the edges of feelings,
the corners of thought,

there is a likelihood of
losing oneself, unraveling
.
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perhaps falling in

perhaps falling in
love is a zombie
parasite that
turns us onto
city streets –
i am rounding
similar corners
for the ninety-fifth
time, seeing and
not seeing, feeding
parallel dreams
.
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how to capture this

how to capture this
and not put it into words –
every corner of

the universe curls, vignettes
when you look at me like that
.
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it starts with a

it starts with a
preference to forget,
curves around an
inclination or two,
pauses at the
corners of affection,
excitement, and despair,
slides undetected
between the minutes
right before and the
minutes just after,
unwinds itself from
the pillars of
belief and disbelief,
lets go
.
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