Tagged: human

we build up new layers

we build up new layers
of memories to insulate
the old, not replace
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two-thirds of the way

two-thirds of the way
filling out forms that bestow
legitimacy,

an in-between version of you
sidesteps the absurdity
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on the journey that

on the journey that
is covering, uncovering,
discovering, we

will no doubt miss every cue
out of self-preservation
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there is a soggy

there is a soggy
socks feeling to the way i’ve
soaked up your love – all

at once grateful and careless,
altogether protected
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january is

january is
a placebo – for a moment,
we are unflinching
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days before the new

days before the new
year, old
memories stumble
upon even older
memories, overlap,
wrinkle, uninvited.
between resisting
and not resisting
is the acceptance
that they will arise
fewer and farther
between in the
years to come.
let them
kaleidoscope in
remembrance of us
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we’ve always wrinkled

we’ve always wrinkled
in all the right places, age
has nothing on us
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