Tagged: loss
missing the look of
missing the look of
the moon from this particular
street is perhaps too
specific – the tilt of these
branches, the curve of the sky
.
20220109:1834
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pain stretches across
pain stretches across
all distances – we pretend
we can shake it off
while rounding this marker or
that marker – it ain’t that easy
.
20220106:2029
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maybe grief is
maybe grief is
simply waiting
for wanting
to pass.
the way
out is always
tricky, devised
as revolving
doors – we
can’t hold the
door for each
other lest we
get stuck
.
20211220:0020
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on an overgrown
on an overgrown
lot, signs of a pandemic –
perhaps more or less
indistinguishable from
abandon, loss, hopelessness
.
20211012:2109
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year after year – here
year after year – here
we are, disappearing – after
year after year, here
.
20210926:1441
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we will gather at
we will gather at
least seven times to pay our
respects, say goodbye –
for both the dead and the living,
loss takes longer to sink in
.
20210819:1747
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for a number of
for a number of
days, weeks, months, or even years,
there will be humming-
birds in the backyard searching
for the lost rose of sharon
.
20210815:1736
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all at once, you are
all at once, you are
everywhere – in the butterfly
visiting the west
side, the dragonfly passing
through the garden this morning
.
20210814:1909
y
i am grandmother-
i am grandmother-
less, a feeling that carries
privilege at the point
of distinction, a state of
being struggling to be spoiled
.
20210811:0510
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when we said goodbye
when we said goodbye
to the Toona sinensis
and the Hibiscus
syriacus this afternoon,
no one came to pay their respects
.
20210622:1921
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