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Intimacy From a Distance
Who can say that the sun has got it rightjust because it finds its way through closed windows? The sound of water means something is being cleaned;The sound of water here means something is being cleaned away. Candidness is a trap. We amass vestiges, then give them frames. What came before double edges? Everything is […]
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8 Ways In Which A Marriage Counselor Cites Success
There is nothing congenial about it.The most you can do is co-relate,Become a master of mercurial moments.You can’t write about the rain while standing in it The most you can do is co-relate.People aren’t morally demanding-You can’t write about the rain while standing in itPrinciples don’t translate completely; People aren’t morally demanding.Impact can be made […]
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marriage haikus
the branches of lightand fullness descend uponthose ready to receive today: a conscious acknowledgement of the wantfor many tomorrows
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Signed, As Ever
Someone next door is still knocking.This getting comfortable is the business of thieves. A straight hanging, a corneredwall. Which do you think would win in a duel: preponderance or nuisance?Opportunities for absurdity and polish, not like one would be missing anything.If you could end up anywhere in the world how could you ever leave your […]
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today is the longest day of the year
1. once a stain has been treated incorrectly there is nothing you can do to reverse its outcome. sometimes the only way to treat a stain is with hairspray, or so i have been told. this is common knowledge among women in their 50’s who have spent a lifetime trying to erase things. it is […]
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Concatenation
Repetition: a trying, a formula or Heightened panoramic uncertainty A talking about; a talking, a bout or What is left to imagine? I can not read what you are saying Serendipity behooves progress, as is clumsy this space— (a real pale by comparison) Repetition: a trying, a failure or Another drink, another drink, a cheap […]
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birthday haikus
tomorrow a listof things to keep in arms reach1. perseverance a corner of curbfrom here huge shadows are castit is time, get up i used to not knownow curious circles areall i notice repeat pause repeatit is hard to elude timerepeat pause repeat 2. hyperboleeverything must sound bigger3.slight modesty a celebrationarrival or departurethese are things […]
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the sound of the radio left on
fills the house, even though i am in a separate room and even though i keep the door closed. the flower has bloomed once, but continues making empty buds,three if i remember correctly. it is a matter of remembering, which means affection to some, others regard dinner as something to fetishize. my dinners begin to […]
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the willing and the accomplice: “I”
it was friday and the typical losses were upon her.from the porch, she watched as the kittens squinted their eyes toward the sun, and thought about the way the word “I” sounded in her voice. she realized then that it was quite pointless to express anything in first person.“I” to her, meant the person who […]
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this story
this is a story about not having anything to say. it is a story that only exists because it can only be imagined. it is one that is told from behind a door off its hinge; a door which is partially open. this story takes place under the night sky and because it does it […]