Tagged: missing
bus, train, or car ride –
bus, train, or car ride –
opportunistic sightseeing:
one; chance nap: zero
.
20220120:1917
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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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maybe we are in
maybe we are in
competition and we don’t
know it, just missing
each other in the bamboo
grove, from winter into spring
.
20210104:1438
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there are layers to
there are layers to
memories that reside in
whispers – not knowing
what happened to the other colt
gets pushed into these shadows
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: layers
this evening, when the
this evening, when the
sandhill cranes arrived, you noticed
one colt missing – from
four to three to two to one, we
will one day all go missing
.
20180809:1902
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: missing
in the end, memories
in the end, memories
will be the things i used to
collect, missing parts
.
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the ones you miss
the ones you miss
most are the ones
who depart the
soonest – trying to
get out of that one
requires a time
machine or two
fingers of whiskey
.
20170330:2048
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there are moments when
there are moments when
i don’t want to leave home, seconds
when i long for hours –
tucked into childhood memories,
each feeling fading to an ache
.
20160831:0439
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a week away from
a week away from
you, and a week
ahead, i am
balancing the
two sides of
home, as if i were
somewhere
in an outer-
outer borough
.
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one in eight children
one in eight children
are traumatized by
that early morning
realization of missing
the school bus. it
still sneaks into
our slumber, the
mechanical stop-
sign arm, that air
brake sigh, the
unmistakable
national school
bus chrome,
shrinking in
the distance
.
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