Tagged: fixed

less than eight hours

less than eight hours
after you arrive, everything
gets fixed – that leaking

faucet, a broken zipper,
the rickety chair, our hearts
.
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who and what we are

who and what we are
is not a fixed point, give yourself
a little more room
.
20150314:1130
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between broken and

between broken and
fixed, there’s a perfect bath – let’s
meet in the middle,

drive ourselves crazy – look, the
mirrors are starting to fog
.
20130917:2028
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you keep the sonnets

you keep the sonnets
in the freezer,
i have seen
them.
it makes sense
to serve them
cold, eventually
fixed, crystalline
lines bonding
so naturally,
wrapped
around the volta,
one nibble
away
from melting
on the tongue
.
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my father’s hands

my father’s hands
defy the rules of
logic, physics,
and the lifetime
of retiring
machine parts.
as good as
new is just a
phrase rattling,
clanking, echoed
in other households.
in ours, silence
speaks steadfast
.
20121102:1348
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three-hundred-

three-hundred-
and-sixty-five
days, we drift
in and out of
fixed kisses,
a steady
routine –

at the threshold,
before bedtime,
on birthdays,
under the
mistletoe, and
still, in
gratitude –

but at closer
inspection,
we do not
recognize each
other in each other,
and we have
stopped trying
.
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