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***
The
first time I died
didn’t
hurt
nearly
as much
as
death as a vampire -
the
stake hammered
into
my ches..
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***
I
tried to ride my bike fast
as
the train on the tracks,
legs
pumping hard, harder -
still,
the train pulled away.
..
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***
Her
mother told her to put urges
in
a saucer and blow them cold,
that
passion is way too dangerous
hot.
I..
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***
The
massive oak tree has six branches --
a
menorah with an amputated arm --
each
branch the size of a man’s shoulder..
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***
The
first time I kissed
a
girl I was six and big
for
my age, hormones
raging,
creating confusion
about
how to be s..
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***
When
I grew older,
as
I became able I railed
against
the invisible elimination
of
sins - what are sins
but
ensigns..
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(Remembering Kris Kristofferson)
**published New Verse News 10-10-24
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***
When
I say first love
what
I really mean is birth
of
a feeling I’d
never
felt before,
an
awakening of a something
t..
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***
My
lineage, as far as I can follow,
appears
to have all believed
the
proper place for man on his knees
in
supplication..
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***
I
want to live
a
satisfied life
without
clamor
or
rancor. I am
the
spade turning
over
resentment.,
Home
is..
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