Tagged: lock

autumn in new york

perhaps these days will

perhaps these days will
be a fenceful of locks to
pick, finding the right

combinations, only a
matter of whom to cajole
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: cajole

for the rest of your

for the rest of your
life
looks like a lock, a light,
a crude litmus test
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: litmus

there will always be

there will always be
a small number of locks for
which you lose the keys –

it is that way with you, there
is no inclination to search
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: inclination

between shadow and

between shadow and
light, you teach me how to move
with the appearance

of abandon, heart locked for
careful considerations
.
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for every combination

for every combination
we try on each other,
there are
at least three
thousand and forty-
two that will no longer
work, one hundred and
sixty-three that will
never work, seventy-
one that will elicit a single
click, and an infinite
number of
combinations
we will still be willing
and sometimes
saving to try
.
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we rely on loose

death is a double-

death is a double-
acting tumbler
lock, and i am brass
still feeling
for the shape
of an eighteenth
century key.

life is forging me
into a perfect fit
.
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