Tagged: life

time catches up with

time catches up with
us, meal after meal. we break
bread together, in

community, pretending
to be ageless, no, carefree
.
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from nothing into

tucked beneath the train

tucked beneath the train
tracks somewhere in hoboken,
a single stem of

dandelion flowers in the
ruins and rust, persevering
.
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i would prefer to

i would prefer to
not have to respond today, let
the tank be empty

for a minute longer, no,
even longer, just to rest
.
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there are glimpses of

there are glimpses of
not belonging sometimes
especially in the
places where we ought
to, want to, or have long
dug out a space to,
belong. perhaps belonging
is mostly an acquired
taste – with just enough
salt, sugar, or sriracha,
we can get by with ignoring
the necessary blandness
.
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perhaps life is not

perhaps life is not
far from a worker placement
game – we harvest, feed,

harvest, feed, harvest feed, always
before the next grueling round
.
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two out of three and

serenity, life,

hidden within the

hidden within the
seven wonders, the wonder
of man’s yearning, the

persistent pursuit of long
life, of immortality
.
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etrog marmalade

etrog marmalade
happening on the stove this
morning, countless seeds

collected in a bowl, waiting
for some kind of impossible
.
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