maybe happily ever afters aren’t always about poisoned apples and princes riding white horses coming to take you away. maybe it doesn’t involve green grass and woodland creatures. our version looked like wet pavements and a sea of strangers but we found magic on empty beer bottles and indie music the kind that will still […]
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…………………………………I can still feel your lips ……………….Like fingertips, just resting on mine. It’s a little uncanny how when I close my eyes…. …The weight of your lip balm transports me back ……………………………………………to you And I take a deep breath in exhale …………Your hair slides gently through my fingers …………………………………………………………though …………………………………I’ve never touched them. My heart’s […]
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Our street, Milwaukee Avenue, a place of happy couples. Everyone here is with someone else. Young men wearing bright colorful beanies laugh while strolling with pretty long-haired girls with perfect smiles and brand new Uggs. I love this weather. Light jacket weather. Hugged up on each other weather. Vaporous breath in the morning weather. When […]
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January 27 was the five year anniversary of the first poem I ever wrote you. So, basically, my love for you could have raised a kindergartener by now. I’m sure if I really wanted to, I could pull out the notebook I spat all of my words for you into and I could re-read all […]
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i. Sunlight reflecting off the shattered glass on the boy’s blue duvet blindingly attacks pale walls where laughter once resonated between. ii. A broken trophy case tasting more like defeat than Cleveland 1899 stands where, before, it had been proudly observed like a monument. iii. He remembers the screaming crowd and the booming stadium— red dust floating […]
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My theory is entropy The reason for my heart’s stuttering beats The only explanation for my scattered thoughts Thoughts that hide at the edge of my subconscious Eluding me when I need them most It is the only word that comes to mind As I try to convey the feelings you evoke in me The […]
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One knee touches the ground and two bodies intertwine in holy matrimony, laying one bone on top of the other to build a foundation. His ribs are woven into her spine, and her fingers engulf the overflowing rivers that wrap around his waist, pulling him under the soil.
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To begin with, to be in love is always nice, and with a comedian you smile a lot more. Having said that, it is important, however, to express the agonies too. First things first, no matter how funny they are, comedians do have their share of bad jokes, and you’ve gotta be the joke-tester. It […]
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Spin with me at the beach with your feet in the water the sea kissing your ankles the sand touching your toes forget your woes Dance with me at the park with the grass tickling your calves with the sky watching over you the stars blinking in your eyes forget all those lies Walk with […]
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