Stories tagged poetry

Three Strangers

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As the patter of our passing feet fades.

Loving the ordinary

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Luxury, for my wife is a lie-in, undisturbed and swaddled in all the duvet's warmth like a birthday present wrapped in love all alarms, phones and distraction from dreams ceased save for the constant metronome of the second hand ticking inevitably a

Egon Schiele In Prison

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With his hand, he sees through walls: from the street, From Schonbran park, girls go to rest in his house. They sleep off parents’ beatings. They eat.

Two poems

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I cut myself. Often. The bloodslice like thin lips parted/in prayer. life’s color drained to ashen/as the old world spins, pirouettes/like a circus dog on the back/of a galloping horse.

Post-Probity

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After dividing the sabliereand after the outliers roll away,disappear,or sit like a thrombus between two fingers,will there be enough in the dayfor you to watch the sun saginto its everyday tomb,to listen to the sagittal sighof a passing evening,to eat the last fruits of a…

this isn't what i was trying to write, you ass

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sometimes it's hard/ to leave the house in the morning/ when bed is so comfortable/ and you're so far away.

how i saw you sail

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I had a friend in high school that wore a size G bra and we would take guesses on how much her tits weighed in comparison to the rest of her body. I spent a night wondering how she kept upright.

Contrapuntal Commotion

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I am that girl and here are my shards that bleed with the stemming gods.

As the Lights Dim

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AS THE LIGHT DIMS …

Can I Get a New To-Do List

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I got a male bouffant hairdo like Trump I can’t wait to develop patience And the next time I have a ringing in my head I’m not going to answer it Can I Get a New To-Do List? I tried changing my name to Richard Vixen Until the State Dept. too

Haiku Blue 6

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Sex in 17 Syllables

OUR NEXT BREAK

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You welcome the new girl by putting a message on her back. I breathe harder until she pops or until you ask me what I’ve seen or until you see my hand turn into a fist.

One Sick, Two Sick, Red Sick, Blue Sick

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I found a diseased fish / wedged between some boulders near the pier

Bent Cage.

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The rusted bars were bent for six memorable hours The beauty flew out, fast as she could To accompany city beasts with enthralling smiles anchored end to end After hefty storytelling of an Indian and Whiteman, The night fell victim to the sharp,…

Train 59, City of New Orleans

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Now every time I hear that John Bouttesong, I think of leaving youstanding in the station whileoutside my window abald eagle's nest in a deadcypress tree didn't amaze mea tenth as much as your tenacitybut it's strength reminded meof you so with cloudy eyes I had to…