Tkess : Writing

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A Chapter by Tkess


from the balcony these people look like ants. the night slowly crawls and hides between the buildings. thoughts accumulate in the winter l..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Make love not war, she said. Your place or mine? Her checks blushed a beautiful red, she smiled, your place is fine.
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XIX

A Chapter by Tkess


I love you, he said. you take the breath from my chest. just whisper those three short words I long to hear. If you do ..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Clouds full, slick rains coming down. A wind blows through the dew softened ground. A mountain moves as it slips in and out of sight over ..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Watercolor blue nights embracing a black emerald sky. Small flakes leisurely kissing away tiny bits of meaning. Exhaust slowly drifting, ha..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Inhaling from a corner room, the endless lights dancing like stars across the obsidian waters. Streaking, like they're hesitant to stay. Lik..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Our mockingbird has arrived. She, like me, has been sitting perched on this balcony. Song bird score card held, loosely, in one hand. If ..
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A Chapter by Tkess


She screamed something or sang something; agony or a dream. Flesh colored keys dancing beneath the light of the moon. A cigarette danglin..
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A Chapter by Tkess


Late night Sirens from a back-alley balcony. Blue morning haze mangled by the colorless night. Late night conversations hanging like clouds ob..