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November 26

The day before Thanksgiving, I am home attempting a turkey breast for one. The rain is knocking brown from all the trees. I'm used to red and yellow  In the towns I used to live. Not here. Since last time I burnt a bird, A carousel of voices rode through My apartment, Faces and smiles young and vibrant, Conversations simmering and boiling And settled to calm and still. I struggle to remember every name And style of hair that circled, Coloring this room with curly blurry company, A parade of booming drums And timpani and brass That drifted out my window, Washed away from tangled limbs And down the parking lot below. And then, There's you, A ghost who visits Never speaking And never human to return, A bullet left beneath my skin That lights and burns on nights I am alone. - 11/26/25
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Gervais at Night

Down Gervais at night With sandy lights unworldly gold, We walked the bridge beside the wild hungry cars And hoped the drivers were true. No one could hurt us Holding hands as traffic Rolled upon the city shores. The darkness, Even pierced by high beams, Kept the world and all its hopeless frantic travelers A thousand miles away. You kissed me Like a fasting nun, A running refugee, An angel trading glory For a forbidden lover Destined one day to die. I still can lose myself In your stained-glass stare Fracturing mundane headlights and stars Into ethereal beauty. I left a vital part of me On top that bridge so lost Another decade Down Gervais at night. - 11/25/25
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Soft

Some just put it On a cup And hack the top To spoon the yolk. I knock And crack The shell And gently rinse The bits that cling Away And peel The transparent Skin beneath, But if you puncture The center, You are spilling precious Warm yellow Down the side. You wince To waste A drop. She deeply breathes. She overflows The secrets She never could say. - 11/24/25
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Lady of the Wildlands

Her castle cottage batters back Against the vicious thunderstorm, A basement strewn with gnarled bones, An attic full of apple cores, A phone without a battery... And she cannot be bothered So she shoos the servants away. The tapestries are purple and threadbare Yet reach unto the muddy cobblestones. I'm afraid to leave her there alone, And I am scared to stay with her inside. Her bathtub water's red. I haven't seen the others in a year. - 11/21/25
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Practice Problems

The brutal wind is numb  To crafting truces. Is this wire Spraying sparks into the gusts? I didn't mean to start that type of fire. I prayed this voltage found a live connection In your powered eyes. I've backed important circuitry Into some favorable positions Playing a naivety at first. Today, I'm bored with futile fusing, Forcing juice through Shorted cabling And patching cords. I want to swallow hot Your animated energy Until you blow, To snatch that active current  Crackling through Your wicked bursting smile. - 11/20/25
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A Grass Midmorning

The students all left town. The moon is smoking cigarettes again. You breathe, The drop which clings Onto the bottom of the berry, A broken wilderness, A month without a rain. The hall is heavy with the scent Of bubbling lentil chili. The cat we still don't know Who owns Is rubbing down the walls. A folk song is crawling its way Across the ceiling. You say the days have weight, But life is not so long. You need someone to push you in. - 11/19/25
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Sunday Coffee

Meeting strangers at the coffeehouse, Collecting samples. The November maladies, The struggles finding hiking trails, Where to put the kids when summer fractions Into a thousand roasted shards, The failing sun. The grounds in the center of the French press Carelessly set aside Are decorating the mild breeze. The younger woman buzzes A charming caffeinated patter Completely unaware. You haven't patience for a drip contraption, Always taking sugar and cream With haste. The automatic brewer sits on top my counter. I haven't used it since July. I told you how in Venice You approach the stand And throw it back like a bourbon shot, Your morning covers, A left swipe, Or used-up lover, Warmth received And gone. - 11/18/25
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