Tagged: hearing

perhaps one out of

perhaps one out of
five succulents survives
our carelessness, nurtured
by a lifetime
of looking
without seeing,
hearing
without listening
.
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there are mornings

there are mornings
when i insist
that you hear
the wind crashing
through autumn
leaves like there is
an ocean at our
window, that we can
hear with
the same ears
.
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several bites into

several bites into
sunday, we will
suddenly
wish to slow
down, savor
every sunday
second, in our
eyes, in our
ears, melting
too quickly
on our tongues
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: savor

my mom and i take

my mom and i take
on the world, one sensible heart-
to-heart at a time
.
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it’s the same answer

it’s the same answer
all along – why did i hope
to hear differently
.
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we construct extensions

we construct extensions
of ourselves, giving in
to the urge to
connect, illuminate.
there is no algorithm
to consonance,
compatibility – just
tuning in
and re-tuning
and re-tuning,
i can almost hear you
.
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just as easily as

just as easily as
it lights the
way, the flame
between us can
distort the
conversation
.
20120305:0926
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i have, in essence,

i have, in essence,
put our conversation
on hold, folded the
zigzagging
sentences into a proper
accordion. in your
commanding way, you
are still pushing
the buttons, but
all i am hearing is the
timbre, the pitching
of your arresting voice
.
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