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Tag Archives: longing
Glowing in the Afterhurt
Once I gilted lilies in the hope of yet in spite and even though and still because of it there wasn’t much of either then (things unknown after this now, like lips surrounding ashless breathing, hands that seemed to fit … Continue reading
Just Go Away
Doctor, I am feeling ill; I’ve eaten all my young, touring the coast of Africa, going through the longboats with a fine-tooth comb. I’m a debutante at the Ball of Confusion, filling fishbowls with the Water of Life, burning the … Continue reading
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Tagged confusion, distance, frustration, longing, relationships, struggles
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Words Burst the Thirteen Open
“I have nothing to say and I am saying it; that is poetry.” — Thirteen Words, John Cage What it is or was mulled over like cheap wine we drank although we didn’t know it and so we called our … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged commitment, emptiness, John Cage, longing, poetry, regrets, relationships, Thirteen Words
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Song for Vidya
Watch for me when you sleep — dreams can be masterful fortune-tellers. There is no distance too great, too far, that wishes cannot traverse as mountain travellers. Think of me when you wake — there will be other fond remembrances. … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, communication, disappointment, expectation, longing, relationships, Vidya, waiting
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No Surprise At All
She said that she was longing for the life that she once had The changes they were coming fast, and some of them were bad Said she could not believe it Maybe she was going mad And I saw just … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Poems, Statements
Tagged disappointment, fear, happiness, illusions, longing, memories, relationships, sorrow
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Chandelier’s Left Wink and Blinding
Ceiling now in staring anguish, once the eyes I found and lost; last few moments, caught myself and wound my winding sheet about it. Words are not the thing for speaking: truth, in little hardened bitters, shows itself as one … Continue reading
Suppositions
Picked up set up called up stood up held up fucked up hoping for a let up Made over looked over passed over like a four-leaf clover glanced over once over start again start over Poked at joked at chew … Continue reading
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Tagged absolution, assumptions, balance, injustice, longing, power
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