Stories tagged poem

The Abyss at the End of Life

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When I hear her voice Repeating over and over Will you help me? Will you help me? I get very, very sad Have you seen Rose and Fanny? She asks They died 30 years ago, dear Oh Will you help me? Over and over Will you help me? I g

Portraits of the Popsicle Duchess # 7

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poem

formation of a black hole

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who can quite say/when careless talk & confidence/slips into that other charged thing/so minimal at first

Art Takes Over

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She must fuck like a marmot That’s all I can say, if he already turned his back On the Statue of Puberty To get near to her What do you think it means? He joins the hierarchy Where they sit On the steps of life And she passes the healing

On Enterprise Eve

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Kelly flashed a little swoosh and bitten apple,// Derek the proud three-pointed star./ Maggie traced the lovely cursive “Coca Cola”/ decorating Eddie’s lowest rib.

I Love Us

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I'd kill a gas attendant in Playa Del Mar. You'd read stained romance novels in motel rooms, while I oiled the gun and laughed on the phone, to no one.

Not a Villanelle

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screams in the blonde

Beach Scene

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Larry works the concession stand / near the pier.

The World Has Let Me Down

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My mother and I are close We talk like friends I tell her about people I'm dating She gets excited for me And she asks how it's going When I tell her I think I'm gay She says nothing She does not ask about the woman I am seeing She does not ask how I am doing …

PTSD

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My therapist told me I have post traumatic stress disorder My uncle had that He fought in the war I guess I fought in my own kind Not between countries Between children and father Between husband and wife Between addiction and sobriety When my father got…

Happy Is a Poem

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no need to write it if you/ live it, conscious of the light, the/ shape, the sound, the taste, and shadow.

Forver 39

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I want to open up a store called Forever 39 Right next to Forever 21 But they won’t let me Because it would be so unreal Oh yeah? Well, how about this? My wife is a Reality TV slut And proud of it! And she’ll bust the windows Out your damn

Saturday at the Pre-owned Super Store

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We do not want to be here. Need ensnares/ and pulls us. We put on its tightened face/ which mirrors what each guest will wear

Neverfull

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Neverfull There are still things out there I haven't seen— a mere tadpole blindly clinging to the base of the pond. I reach for every star in the inkwell but none are close enough— even on toes tickling the edge you'll never…

Assessing Beauty

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If I knew beauty, I could/ wake her where she dreams,/ persuade her to inform each/ gestured choice I make.