The last 3 letters of the spring
Just call it what you want.
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I keep talking to them as if they would understand me I keep hoping they would I keep holding space for their personalities to resurface – rise above and walk on water Fuck, my… suboptimal pain threshold of making mine yours rejecting hope as a dangerous habit ‘cause I knew, I knew I’d have to be…
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I wouldn’t need a reason, you know that, right? I don’t have one now either. I’m just, it’s been two years, and you are still the only person…yeah, I won’t say that out loud. I was thinking the other day about our imaginary life in new york—the one you didn’t know anything about, because we…
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This is a very serious poem with no hidden meaning I think it happened when you left the table while I was still eating I think—it’s happening again what has already happened when I kept reaching for nothing I stopped kissing lightly the lips that weren’t kissed but hunted I joined forces with the foes,…
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Eyes closed. I summon her images her face her dimples her body her stretch marks her touch her touching my innocence With nowhere to go With no one to love I live with imaginary paintings among imaginary feelings I live in imaginary spaces among imaginary faces Did you call to find out if I was…
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Crossing paths with strangers Avoiding their glances Always looking at their shoes Never at their faces, little Miss scaredy-cat is actually afraid Never missed a thing—thought she’d die defeated If she passed you by. That must have been the universe finally breathing out after holding its breath for six months So that you know: The…
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Long goodbyes in the hallways. Someone to pick you up at the airport/train station. A best friend you can fuck without a condom. Ferritin – 307ng/ml. Watching a movie without checking your phone. The discipline of reading every day for an hour. Someone to make you coffee without asking. Lying in `savasana without twitching your…
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You think I am ok; You think I am ok; don’t you I bet you think I’m just fine The payback’s like a boomerang; It remembers everything; It comes after everyone I didn’t “Happy New Year” text myself back into your life – look at me growing up! Too many espresso martinis A glass of…
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Your firm collarbone against my forehead on the tips of my toes You haven’t showered today, and I wouldn’t want you to I do (too) think that tomorrow’s not coming anymore Stay, just stay, would you? two drinks in and I am no longer a stranger Was I ever? It only dies if you want…
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I go to the movies a lot ’cause he’s there I know He is always going to be there (what a lame excuse) Nobody cooks in that kitchen, and the spices have grown mold because he knows (It’s exactly the same)
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Messages unanswered Half-opened moving boxes Cheapest ticket; one way Like, I actually paid twice as much for the cab from the airport and into the new apartment Virgin soil and virgin bed, where I thought I wished, but didn’t, and the feet of that one crow in the corner meeting my eyes, shying away watching…
The last 3 letters of the spring 