Tagged: fight
adolescent skin
adolescent skin
versus chinese pearl barley –
mama fought the good
fight and won – acne, zero,
mama, one – happy teenager
.
20211122:2020
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we are golden for
we are golden for
such a brief period, why
do we take up arms?
.
20211112:2042
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sitting one out is
sitting one out is
also a form of self-care –
resistance always
takes the form of community,
borrowing and returning
.
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it’s easy to fall
it’s easy to fall
into the trap of
unconditional love –
young and old
fight for some
form of reigning
title, when taking
any kind of
advantage is
indefensible
.
20190507:2051
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: unconditional
on the first day of
on the first day of
autumn, dad’s hummingbirds are
still fighting over
every drop of deliverance,
a sugary endeavor
.
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to make it out
to make it out
of a horde
alive, tension
must find
something to
occupy its
mind, even if
it is how to
throw the
first fight
.
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even fight-or-flight
even fight-or-flight
curls back at the slice of you
once in a blue sky
.
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the neighbors upstairs
the neighbors upstairs
are rehearsing their
three a.m. scene
again – two
pairs of god-given
lungs made of the
same brilliant mettle,
awake and stirringly
alive, a private
performance for
an audience of
at least twenty
families – he thinks
she’s overly
dramatic, she
thinks he should
go to hell, and
the majority of
the action
creaks stage left
.
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most mornings are
most mornings are
spent mending the
thoughts that were
unraveled the evening
before. it takes
a clear mind
to untie these
atomic knots
.
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from atop the
from atop the
strolling castle of
dad’s shoulders,
we took
turns counting
our friends,
counting our
enemies. by the
time we
reached Third Ave.,
you were ahead
with Maggie
and Shuno,
and i had to
chew over
the possibility
of forgiving Jessica
S. for sitting
in my seat
this morning
.
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