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Leaving London

The sirens cease across the city Where still I cannot find the grocery store. The kids are kicking piled bricks, Excited school is canceled for the week. An hour later, I investigate a rhythm faint, The quiet crunch A crispy leaf, A spinning pendulum on slender thread Of spiderweb Inside the grating Dumbly driven by the air Against the shaft Again, again. The cushioned beat is not a dream. It's just a trance. My pulse continues, Never slows to normal any longer. You maintain a mute superiority For staking claim on top your roots. I never knew this neighborhood Before we married. Pulling from the station, You're collapsing tiny. London bridge is falling. Once you let it loose, It's gone, A silver ring released to currents Carried down the ambling water, Down the leaving stream. - 3/18/26
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Surface

She was a fragile architecture. I had never touched a plaster surface Till she fell. I tried to catch her. I wasn't sure we should be lovers I still am not convinced, I meant to save her, But she's broken. All of my horses And all of my men... - 3/17/26
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The Bottom Stair

I saw you at the party Sitting on the bottom stair, The many all about your throne. I forgot the way your hooded eyes Could hold a holy fountain  Glistening to burst, The way your smile charged entire cities. I have tried for years To learn unhating you. The world's a vicious biting dog Inside a cat disguise. You never tried apologizing. You are always unaware of guilt, Mistaking sin for fear and doubt. My skin Was thirsty Desert sand Unwatered too long, I didn't let you know my presence As I left. You go with God When realizing You can go without. - 3/13/26
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Peace

The constant shrieking call, The weight of mud above your body, You imagined peace  To be a place along the road, A prince or princess waiting If you only picked the proper door? You want the demons Underneath the ground? You must embrace The broken mess Your life exploded to And loneliness, Especially the loneliness. You've got to love it all. - 3/12/26
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Food Poisoning

I loved the fish, But like my loves, It flirted, But proved most unsure. Believing itself too mature, It couldn't quite return My wishes for our delightful future Together. Bananas, toast, and yogurt. - 3/11/26
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Calibrate

You spied her with the other guys, She has no secret smile Just for you, Her lips Red  So Red, Nature Cruel, Chaotic, Tooth and claw For all the boys. Is this exotic treat an ice cream Spilling sugary delights From cone onto concrete, Across bed sheets? Does everybody get a lick? Your pride is caught, Her dress, a wiry twist of calico, A mess of cotton, Mouth your cosmos entire, Tongue along the underside. - 3/6/26
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Stone

You can squeeze Until your veins Arise upon your brow. The water never flows Or drips A bit. She lands her hand On top your shoulder. She will always lay her hand. She looks into your eyes. The grating on the furnace Slides aside, The heat is unbelievable, Unbearable, Invigorating. She lands her hand On top your knee, On top your thigh. It always finds its way So close. The spark will light the fuse. It never reaches dynamite. A stone is ever stone, No matter  If you swear You see it sweat. You can squeeze Until your veins Explode from out your brow. - 3/5/26
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