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Long Distance Relationships
Everyone says I run from my problems, because after every breakup, I book a trip and create distance I’m not running. I’m reintroducing...
May 281 min read


The Shape of Time
Time shrinks in the grip of monotony, stretches wide in the hands of joy. Look back you don’t remember dates, you remember what made them...
May 261 min read


A Poem for a Stranger
The girl that smiled at me in the coffee shop, I'd imagine you went home and wrote a poem that sounded a lot like this . Damn, baby —...
May 261 min read


Dear Nick
You’ve given all of yourself again. To what this time? A job? A person? Now you’re left searching for your pieces The parts of you you...
May 191 min read


Strange, this freedom
Feels so foreign, As if I should’ve asked for permission. We stay in jobs too long, they’re what we know. We grip tight to fading love,...
May 191 min read


Forgiveness
It’s supposed to feel good to forgive others But the words I forgive you bounce around my mouth like a razor blade It’s hard to get out ...
May 191 min read


Time to escape the noise
I left the city To give my ears a break I went deep into the woods Where nothing made a peep But then My heart sang Or maybe cried My...
May 161 min read


Mercelles
Mercelles was a humble custodian. Quiet hands. Soft steps. A soul stitched with pride. He polished the floors like they were...
May 91 min read


Superpowers
I like to ask If you could have a superpower What would it be? Answers always come quick: Super Speed Super Strength Power of Flight Mind...
May 81 min read


Governor Davis
Your fur spikes With fury Like soldiers rising to meet the call of war Your muzzle quivers with hope, flickering in the stillness, That...
May 61 min read


My Favorite Star
I shift my head up Sharpen my eyesight Search through the sprawling night sky Speckled with stars Until I get to one My favorite one,...
May 11 min read


A Tough Week
My girlfriend left this week. Just as I left my job I’m single and unemployed this should be the part where I break, where the weight...
May 11 min read


The Camera That Won't Focus
I tell you to focus on this Instead of focus on that I tell you to focus on one thing Instead you focus on many I tell you to focus many...
May 11 min read


A Trip Around the World
My whole life I’ve dreamed of a trip around the world The itinerary looked like Dancing at El Carnival in Brazil Beat my chest with the...
May 11 min read


Early to Rise
I’ve been told I’m hard to wake up next to A storm wrapped in sheets, bursting from dreams like a prizefighter, punching the air with...
Apr 301 min read
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