Tagged: pretend

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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we pretend not to

we pretend not to
be too, too competitive,
straight-faced through the wins
.
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we are within the

we are within the
city, and the city is
within us, or so

we like to pretend when making
it feels unattainable
.
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when we were young, we’d

when we were young, we’d
pretend to be one another’s
echoes, however

imprecisely carried out,
cushioned by resounding laughter
.
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the end of

the end of
september pretends
to know
something about
loss, sits down
at the piano
and struggles
with the blues
.
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as the haves splinter

as the haves splinter
into haves and newly have-
nots, we are humbled,

no longer pretending to
have the answers, be in control
.
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in between the in-

in between the in-
betweens, we
will pretend to be
all adult about
it, hiding
behind mama’s
skirts, lingering
in dad’s shadows
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: in-betweens

at the point of being

at the point of being
inextricably linked, let’s
at least not pretend
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: linked

let’s meet at hampshire

let’s meet at hampshire
house and pretend that we belong –
pretend to pretend
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: pretend

crumbs later, we will

crumbs later, we will
not have to pretend where did
it all go? – old friends
.
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