Tagged: knots

at different moments,

at different moments,
we will realize
that our dreams are
knotted together –
it’s a fool’s
errand to untie
.
20200814:1249
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in that lumberyard

in that lumberyard
of dreams, we still graze each other
imperfectly, knots

and all, finding familiar
patterns in the grain, such weakness
.
20180204:1339
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there are traditions

there are traditions
that have no
names, actions we
take to bind each
other, practice to
turn routine. we
are careful lest
knots come undone
.
20170523:2313
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in the next thirty-

in the next thirty-
one minutes, i will have
secured my knots and
harness and be ready to
rappel into that lost
hour – meet me there,
where anything
would have been
possible
.
20150308:0138
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sunday brunch is a

sunday brunch is a
slow massage that knows its way
around the morning

the familiarity
tickles, loosens unknown knots
.
20140420:0958
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on waiting – time is

it’s an age-old

it’s an age-old
conversation –
figuring
out the roles
for which you
are suited –
when each year
is a knot, the
rope inevitably
weakens, and
breaking
the pattern
provides
no assurances
.
20130925:0835
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there is an ache

there is an ache
in my shoulder
that remembers
the heel of your
hand, the way you
gather clues in the
dark, track
down culprits,
one by one, then
set them loose
without a word,
letting knot after
knot fall
.
20130703:0155
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most mornings are

most mornings are
spent mending the
thoughts that were
unraveled the evening
before. it takes
a clear mind
to untie these
atomic knots
.
20120923:2143
y

from the curves of our