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my mother

A Poem by m.s.early

I learned everything I needed to know in a brown rocking chair in little granny’s living room safe in your lap when I was still a childYour eyes..

i am collapsing

A Poem by m.s.early

my own gravity is a sour tastemetallic like blood in my mouthi bit a penny when i was a childthe taste stayed with me all of my lifethis tastes like t..

promise

A Poem by m.s.early

i promised myself to never kiss you againthose filthy overpainted crimsonsthe night is not as lonely as you would wish mei forgive you. it will be som..

after

A Poem by m.s.early

after the crying stoppedshe reached behind her tearsand scratched her nails across pitted wallsbuilt from an inability to containthe steam of an angry..

applied electronics part i

A Poem by m.s.early

i was in classworking on a breadboardwhen a capacitor spit a puff of smoke and the connection was lostit dawned on methe smoke contained something cri..

when i have felt your sunlight

A Poem by m.s.early

Every morning I will collect your sunlightlike the monks collect coins from the temple fountain.I am familiar with praying in the temple’s sanct..

in the flurry

A Poem by m.s.early

today was the first snow of the seasonI always transfix on the flakes,wondering which one reminds me the mostof myself,go into a trance and stare acro..

you didn't have to tell me you were here

A Poem by m.s.early

i felt you through the windowwithout parting the blindsthe crunch of the gravel told meyou brought the wind and carried the leavesin the blue-gray mor..

she wasn't breathing by the watercooler

A Poem by m.s.early

I dripped out of a poem like this once on my way down. I ended up pissing off all of my friends while feeling the weight of my heart waxing.There was ..

lord

A Poem by m.s.early

lordmy lordi need your helpi need your help right nowi have followed youas best i couldbut sometimes all i feelis far from homei have been drunki have..