Stories tagged poem

Easy Lessons

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A hinge in my heart is broken.

A goldfish named Rocky

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The echidna lays eggs and sweats milk. I would name the echidna Perry.

Headstone II

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There was a memorial on the Berkeley Pier where you liked to fish.

Unfathomable Mammals

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Supernatural, you say dripping, as you take my hand in yours squeeze down for dear life, boring your fingernails into my palm,

Final Thoughts

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Silently a shadow Sits upon a window sill Lacking all shape Or body Mind and will.

Staying

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Nice knowing you. Have a nice day.

Tom's Final Plan

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He isn’t getting any younger and Jerry isn’t getting any slower.

Fragments

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Disappear noteless, without warning signs,

On Being Born May 19th

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Let’s get out the punch bowl, call up friends, and party!

The Grinder

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"For several days thinking they had found a dead man’s boot beside the highway..."

Over

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My before followed your after,your down and out, your without within.Despite or because, I became around and about,but you wanted behind and possibly under. Considering for and against, how to get beyond? Our inside among was neither…

The Woman from Mecca

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We trade broken phrases of English, Arabic...

What Exactly Is a Valvis?

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Well, it’s sort of this lonely thing...

Tuscaloosa

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a Ferris wheel gently rocks its last riders then dumps them to the ground.

Life of Charlotte

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A wall of icons can be beautiful if you don’t look closely at the hands. The hands tell stories of too short lives and unrequited love.