Tagged: relationship
the people we know
the people we know
and love, loved, still love are quite
easily the same
people who shoot to kill – warning:
not-an-intruder alert
.
20220421:0137
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quarter keeping score,
quarter keeping score,
the neighbor and i wake each
other up in the
night, toilet flushing, floorboards
creaking, a simmering silence
.
20220327:0410
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in the hushed pockets
in the hushed pockets
behind the front teeth, the taste of
salt when the tears still
come after twelve years, looking
up at the five-day-old moon
.
20220205:2315
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most of the time, we
most of the time, we
carry each other without
much regard, under-
value the weight, why after
all this time, we still carry
.
20211008:2135
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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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between contractual
between contractual
hellos with the sun, the moon,
and stars are lapses
only documented here,
here, and there, marked by Xes
.
20210831:1821
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wearing a ring for
wearing a ring for
a sense of belonging is
as real as sporting
the latest lingo, accent-
less, and still waiting to be stopped
.
20210818:0838
y
we lose track, lose touch,
we lose track, lose touch,
can’t find our way back to one
another, stumble
towards purpose, meander
for a meaning, hands growing numb
.
20210818:0416
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
y
at any given
at any given
moment, memories become
carbonated, rise,
rising, risen, until they
reach the surface of consent
.
20210219:0742
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