First two are early on, third is from a few months ago, and the fourth is, well, obviously recent.


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    noun difficult or laboured breathing.The sordid world seeps in ( Read more... )

The unhinged door lies dormant
in the shady haze of his domain;
diaries and journals lie tattered and abused
in a room cluttered with his childhood;

change waits in broken banks
to fund his wandering existence
while a paper bag contains the remnants
of wooden cities, built high just to be torn down.

She has light ways,
like water, soft,
and windy hard.

It is not by grace
nor folly
that makes her so,

for she is made
of moonlight and dew.

Wisdom found in each drooping branch ( Read more... )

Yellow paper lanterns guide our way ( Read more... )

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Across the expanse of our transaction -
    two quarters,
    a dime,
        and a nickel -
my fingertips dance upon your palm
like raindrops on an open flower.

I dare not look up
for fear of your indifference.

I try to remove your name from my lips
and sear away any trace of sweet poison
    from my tongue,
for there is a direct line from my lips to my heart,
and while my lips and heart deceive me,
    my mind knows,

though is stubborn.