Tagged: midnight
the ice maker stirs,
the ice maker stirs,
makes ice after guests have gone
to bed, sorry, not
sorry, seeking affirmation
in the middle of the night
.
20220918:0814
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thirty-odd minutes
thirty-odd minutes
after midnight, the neighbors
launched half-a-dozen
fireworks, determined to
light the way for santa’s sleigh
.
20211225:0724
y
midnight translates with
midnight translates with
stealth, sorting through
words like a
relay racer, passing
the baton, linking
intent to a turn of
phrase, completing
parts of unfinished
sentences, circling,
circling the mind’s
mad racecourse
.
20191018:0023
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: relay
maybe exactly
maybe exactly
is when you said this when you
really meant that, and
we both understood, so nothing
more needed to be said
.
20160325:1049
y
across two timelines,
across two timelines,
i am still
awake –
even in the one
where i never stayed
.
20150716:0044
y
it is after-hours
it is after-hours,
and i am feeling secure
in your arms – what luck!
.
20150416:2352
y
three a.m., and i’m
three a.m., and i’m
a fissure, two
narrations of
myself sundering,
one towards
daybreak, the other
still fastened to
the umbilical
cord of dreams
.
20131027:1010
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awakening to
awakening to
the sound of your
voices calmly giving
direction at the end
of the world
from the front
stoop, i suddenly
have a bone to
pick with you –
why now and why
when the bedsheets
have found that
uneasy summertime
balance between
cozy and cool?
trying to take
one last drag
of sleep’s silver
screen cannot
undo the effects
of this blunt
resentment
.
20130823:0233
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somewhere between twelve
somewhere between twelve
and one, the minutes curve
with the unknown abandon
of a hybrid – relaxed,
unrestrained, sensual,
bold, indulgent, earnest,
intoxicated, savage
.
20130618:0909
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