Tagged: human behavior

nine times out of ten,

nine times out of ten,
the flavor of the month turns
sour, gets discarded
.
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on the whole, we live

on the whole, we live
unnamable existences –
morph, decay, evolve
.
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seeing and not

seeing and not
seeing is an easy
default – we pick up
the wrong glasses,
blame someone
else for not
looking where
we wish to go
.
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the people we know

the people we know
and love, loved, still love are quite
easily the same

people who shoot to kill – warning:
not-an-intruder alert
.
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at the end of the

at the end of the
day, you will be left with no
choice but to play the

white card – neighbor, friend, lover,
in-law, student, colleague, stranger
.
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no, faith is not a

no, faith is not a
competitive sport, going
to church and saying

grace are not for checkboxes,
to resist is a practice
.
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quarter keeping score,

quarter keeping score,
the neighbor and i wake each
other up in the

night, toilet flushing, floorboards
creaking, a simmering silence
.
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we practice parting

we practice parting
water every chance we get –
in the sink, in the

bath, across the pool, paddling
against river currents, wishing
.
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we survive by the

we survive by the
luck of the draw, debating
what to eat instead

of are we able to eat, and
what would we have to give up?
.
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it is easier

it is easier
to lose our way
than find a
way back – this,
we all want to
believe, as we stretch
into a new shape
and try not to
boomerang
.
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