Tagged: remembrance
of the innumerable
of the innumerable
ways to mourn, i
am negotiating grief
in REM sleep this
morning, consoling
a young colleague
in the art of letting
it out, letting
go, an unsteady
navigation of
space, time, and
reality – on your
birthday, in the nearly
third anniversary of
your passing, we
practice the improbable
parallels of joy and
grief, keeping it
together without
so much
disassembling
.
20240316:0818
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in the end, every
in the end, every
kiss is a bookmark, buried
in time as a place-
holder, a souvenir, a
shuttle, to recall our stories
.
20240301:0209
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scenes from letting go –
scenes from letting go –
learning to lose people without
a chance to say goodbye
.
20240219:0501
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scenes from letting go –
scenes from letting go –
remembering to forget
and then forgetting
.
20240219:0440
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in any version
in any version
of our American Dream, we
will be able to
put down our old script and pick up
a new one, if we get lucky
.
20240206:0141
y
here are the kisses
here are the kisses
that no longer fit anyone –
toss it in the lost
and found, there’s bound to be someone
who will make good use of them
.
20240128:0307
y
yes, missing you in
yes, missing you in
exactly one-point-two-seven
worlds looks like sudden
absentmindedness, a tipped
wine glass, going home early
.
20240128:0222
y
death can still catch us
death can still catch us
off guard, in the middle of
winter, slumbering
.
20240123:2358
y
they say winter comes
they say winter comes
for the best of us, and so
it came for the worst –
no one wants to speak ill of the
newly dead, soul just shaken loose
.
20240123:2333
y
some folks called him a
some folks called him a
monster, but mom said he had
a monster living
inside. when the war ended
today, the shadows fell away
.
20240123:2326
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