Month: March 2023
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Black Wreaths (a winter’s settling)
This old house,she’s a keeper,hoarding cracks,panes and groans.Where the shadow’s stretch,there’s a fire,it cackles and spitsand tears the cold down.Where…
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To My Father, Who Once Said, You’re So Open Your Brains are Going to Fall Out
You were right, dad. They did.Yet, apparently, some brains grow back. I left him after twenty years. Maybethat’s how long…
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In Training for After Middle Age
The geese in the Hudson Bay movethe same as the geese at home. The discarded white cups floating beside themmanufacture…
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Let Be Be the Irony of Seem
A mouse bought a franchiseand stocked it with tomatoes, lettuce, pickles,and a three cheese blend. Then he set mousey trapsfor humans.…
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Cheers
This one stirs up bubbles.That one splices and fries.The other one doesn’t stir— at least not in prime time.This one stirs up cosmos.That one stirs for tips.The…
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Prenuptial Prayer
never paid so much for kegs of beerhave lived alone twenty-seven yearsshe doesn’t want me using any pills it’s been so long since I…
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Faith Journeys
The parking lot outside the mega-church was only half-full. Behind it a big sky, almost uncluttered by high-rises. Ruth didn’t…
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Emergence
When the weight of the world feels so heavyyou could collapse,remember the dandelion.Often mistaken as a weedits roots run deep,difficult…
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Ferretccine
O Fur-Noodles,Saucy bacchanalian spaghettiSautéing in a box,Bouncing on black beans— You’re à la carte strandsTwirling altogether,Sizzling, zesty,Bold, Your flavor lovedby…
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Cause “bad things get Better”
bad week but gooddrinks with friendsex.she gave mea clover keychain and kissedmy head’cause “bad things getBetter.”red eyes are hard to…