Tagged: fiction

we tiptoe around

we tiptoe around
time, count up and count down each
month, day, hour, minute,

trying not to disturb a
fictional equilibrium
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: equilibrium

i bury things, night

i bury things, night
and day, move
through fiction
and nonfiction to feel
safe. you have no
idea how boring
and terrifying
non-sequential
time can seem
.
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for the period

for the period
between
when the spirit leaves
the body and the
body leaves its
constitution –
there is fiction
and nonfiction –
i slip
between the
pages to reread
all your stories and
realize
life cannot be
contained
.
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waking up in the

waking up in the
middle of the night
is mostly
unexpected – i lie
here, waiting to
be discovered,
challenged,
gliding between
fiction and nonfiction
.
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an arm around a

an arm around a
lover’s waist can read
many things –
a stanza steeped
in equal parts
love and
loneliness,
an absent
horizon waiting
to be sparked,
a compendium of
partialities
wrapped
in our history,
a ship of words
drifting between
fiction and truth
.
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