Tagged: rescue

one moment, a star-

one moment, a star-
ling shivering on the sidewalk,
the next, making the

best of the situation
in your tub – you bird-whisperer
.
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mom and dad rescue

mom and dad rescue
lost and found succulents, bring
them to love and light
.
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the success of a

the success of a
rescue mission relies on
the degree to which

a person can acknowledge
the desire to be rescued
.
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because you have more

because you have more
or less rescued me from the
kansas of my mind,
every point no longer
seeks a dimension,
every sign is merely
covering up other signs
.
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efforts to rescue

efforts to rescue
us from our
past must be
tempered with
acceptance,
not erasure
.
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the cost of

the cost of
agreeing is not
worth the rescue –
don’t move in
any closer if
we will be
forced
to choose
.
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colors bleed from

colors bleed from
the photographs we
keep of us. every now
and then, we launch
a line down into
that particular
moment’s depths
for an attempt to
rescue. but images
are strangers,
unpredictable,
and degradation
becomes a form of
protest, a parting
of the ways
.
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she polishes

she polishes
motherhood
openly
in the park,
always to
the rescue,
sometimes
waiting
to be saved
.
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i would like, every

i would like, every
once in awhile,
to be rescued
from the page,
words wet
with anxiety,
pressing against
the margins
for time
.
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rescue mission

rescue mission
.
they are coming to take away
the children by busloads – how
is sex trafficking any less
harrowing than a baptism
into hellfire and brimstone

under the same guise, they
require the children to leave
their clothes behind, abandoning
the childish names penned
in tape onto their shirts

just like that,
the forgetting begins
.
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