January 2010
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“Woke up this morning and it seemed to me, that every night turns out to be a...”
– modest mouse
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Neither Here nor There
I am neither fine nor all right I am neither asleep nor awake I snooze through my waking hours and spin at night Because I am so terribly nervously awful
Wait, I don’t want you to misunderstand. Wait, let me explain.
I find I live for the space between spaces The fall the spring early summer early winter Sunrise not high noon Inside at recess Nap on vacation
And if you offered me the golden...
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Downword Slope
A sigh deep in your forearms, your legs, your chest aching a little
You slide back a few feet like your on casters
But they keep on talking
They’re talking about…
Not quite…
Someone said something…
And someone had some sort of…
Sex or something…? Maybe…?
It’s getting further away
The cotton closing around your ears creeps into your mouth too
You hear the metronome of your breath
The...
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Apropos of nothing
Apropos of Nothing
I’m sorry that the song I played wasn’t the song you heard Wasn’t the song you wanted to hear Or thought you remembered in a time like this In a place not reminiscent of a place like this When the music played (But not this arrangement)
The feeling welled up in you And you felt oh-so-very Whatever it is that you felt
And that the way you might be feeling (if I knew what you...
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Psyche Explains
“There is only one way to leave,” She my psyche, my ancient child assured me, In a voice both coquette and serious Full of low portents
Playfully twisting one of her own bloodfeathers in the palm of her little hand in a way I’m sure made her wince
“You wait to the moment of desire’s full cycle Until the moon has reached its apex and touches the ends of your hair with longing softly with...