Stories tagged poem

Allah Akbar

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Leaves emerge below the Vakhan strip like mangled bodies of faceless men: We are soldiers. They are Taliban. We are the snow that falls on the Towr Mountains, the lavish pine trees and cool scents of fresh green that mingles …

Abletofly: New Wonder Drugs and Their Prohibitions

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With Abletofly you will be able to fly and the feeling will be overwhelming! A few warnings and precautions: Don’t try to drive a car if you experience an erection lasting more than eight hours. Stay at work. Work overtime. Don’t try to

What Winfield Gives Away

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granma says give it all away look at jesus he had nothin

The Roses Ask For You

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The roses ask for you when I smell them They seem to remember your touch more than others. They can’t bear it when you’re gone and wonder when you’ll be returning I am beginning to do the same I no longer go outdoors to be with them

Sunday Mourning

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She wears black on Sundays

Words Unwritten

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Today I am throwing away the blank pages of my life.Years of pages filled with silence soaked red with unwritten pain.The whites, the lined, the pastel hued, the ones I had gathered to fill with my thoughts; bound in leather or lying separate sheet from…

Five

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"I admire", he says,his heart on his sleeve,"how you write."How infused must bethat admirationwith the angerof knowinghe has inspiredsuch bile;an unremitting cascadeof his denigrations,even if they are onlyjust my perspective.

Six/Sex

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The day he was servedwith divorce papersin the drivewayhe came to our roomand looking perplexedsaid, "Does this meanwe can't have sex tonight?"Things changedbut all things consideredthings haven't changed much.

White Summer Dress

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Light youth that barely touches the ground

Skinny in her Black Dress

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black hair/ (damp) around her ears Keys on the table Drinking coffee from a glass

Seven

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I take sole custodyof my actionsof my choiceseven the oneto be choicelessbut I cannothelp wonderif we mighthave survivedif you hadstepped offthe bleachersstrode onto the fieldgotten into the gamewith meinstead ofintermittentlyclapping fromthe sidelines.

Shower

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You like to watch me, unseen,in the showermy head heavy with griefleaning against the cold tiles,my bulging bellyoverhanging with untold secrets,my Botticelli flankaching from a neglected spine.the clear waterrunning down my legsdiffused with the urineof failed…

Leda and the Swan: Paul Gauguin

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Leda looks back over her shoulder at us as the swan grips her from behind while at the same time nipping at the nape of her neck. She's a freckled child and a little frightened. There's a dark smudge beneath her eye where the shadow runs. The swan

Almost There

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Who needs a penis?

A Joad

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Her name / her own / not always / his