Tagged: holiday

here’s to a season

here’s to a season
of waiting – to get, to give, to
receive, to return
.
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from holiday to

from holiday to
holiday to holiday,
the neighbors compete

for who leaves up their decor the
longest, who takes them down first
.
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maybe between love

maybe between love
and sweaters, there is a third
or a thirty-third

alternate universe where gifts
can only be intangible
.
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four weeks before we

four weeks before we
gather, we are testing the
elasticity

of our roots, extending each
fiber to strengthen support
.
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perhaps we are one

perhaps we are one
quarantine holiday away
from breaking, and five

million people hum mid-flight:
this is it, pack your bags, let’s go
.
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the shelves of mondays

the shelves of mondays
are often revisited,
the pages dog-eared,

and here and there, in the margins,
someone dares to ask for more
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: margins

five parties into

five parties into
the holidays, we entertain
detached exhaustion –

a competitive privilege,
or privileged competition
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: detached

the year of firsts will

the year of firsts will
pull no punches – a birthday
here, a holiday

there. we will discover micro-
tears to help us adapt next year
.
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the day before the

the day before the
day sits
undigested, yet
to be consumed
whole, a respite
before the unrest
.
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another holiday,

another holiday,
another heart-to-
heart unwrapping
of our relationships,
stranded
in the same room
.
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