Tagged: history

the new moon waxes

the new moon waxes
poetics over a city
of debatable

memorials – let us at
least have the conversations
.
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when we cross paths, the

when we cross paths, the
recognition will not be
instantaneous –

more felt, less remembrance, waiting
for the joy or pain to subside
.
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great-grandmother hand-

great-grandmother hand-
bound exquisite swatchbooks for
the village. we took

it for granted, stashing them
until they slipped through our hands
.
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even as we branch

even as we branch
out, we will revisit our
roots, yearn for something

we have long forgotten, can
no longer feel the contours of
.
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your stories live on

your stories live on
long after you have left us –
grandma’s great pot of

dill, simmering on the stove,
its scent fueling new memories
.
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every town starts some-

every town starts some-
where – from stockholm to newtown,
we try our hardest

to remember or forget,
depending on your station
.
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one by one, fallen

one by one, fallen
icons are reborn, time and
again – we retell

tales and make up stories to
fill in the glamorous gaps
.
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under the phantom

under the phantom
shade of the magnolia tree,
we can still find rest
.
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mama and daddy

mama and daddy
met on the intersection
of apples and pears,

and the rest is delicious
history – baked, sauced, freshly peeled
.
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at the end of the

at the end of the
night, i store all of these pinpricks
in my heart, absorbed,

melted down into coarser,
even coarser elements, pray
.
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