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A Chapter by Tkess
Waiting...
for
what?
for
the moon to finally rise from slumber.
for
the ice to merrily mix with my whiskey.
for
the day to finally com..
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A Chapter by Tkess
Before
the evening flattened me
The
wine glass tinted the surroundings a deep magenta.
A
voice piercing through the tin armor of night.
Upon
th..
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A Chapter by Tkess
When
you woke up you were cold
You
needed a blanket and a coffee
You
curled around me, a thick quilt
We
spent the morning, never leaving the b..
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A Chapter by Tkess
Gnarled
cliff face shaping the rocky pier.
Blind
waves crashing, breaking.
Soft,
delicate flow of silk skirts
as
fluid as the sea.
The
day..
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A Chapter by Tkess
The
sunlight's more a rumor than fact
and
I'm inclined to disbelieve.
What
has the sun done for me, lately?
My
mind is weighed down
like
..
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A Chapter by Tkess
naked
eye winks, easing around the corner.
fabric
falling from her shoulders,
burning
like day old newspaper.
satan
smiles in a satin gown.
da..
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A Chapter by Tkess
Here in the midst of trumpeters
poised, before a fall of miracles.
We collide into a communal baptism
of words, silence is much too painful,
reson..
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A Chapter by Tkess
It's
low playing jazz
and
red wine for me tonight.
It's
the notes
and
the aimless thoughts
with
tattered edges
that
go together so well.
M..
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A Chapter by Tkess
We
hold our dreams
in
broken bottles
and
tear our own hearts out
over
chance.
She
carried the words of centuries
and
when she left
with..
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A Chapter by Tkess
the
old red brick across the way
the
sparse white walls of your room
the
stained carpet, old and gray
your
pale skin, exposed
the
sma..
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