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A Poem by JR
In the setting of this
old red sun she briefly
became the gold that
lay her shade on all
of the garden and trees,
grasses and the wee..
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A Poem by JR
He sits and watches
the charge increase on his phone
he times the fridge’s hum, he
knows when the furnace will kick on
he f***s arou..
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A Poem by JR
I think of the titers
IgG, IgM, whatever
I think of the way we respond
and try to kill anything
within us, with heat, with eat
with whi..
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A Poem by JR
I saw the joy in their faces
while they leaped and cantered naked
embraced on the rooftops
above Las Vegas;
And fireworks exploded overhea..
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A Poem by JR
The earth settles in its orbit
trees settle their toes into the dirt
rivers settle crystal roads into their lanes
the sky itself settles its ..
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A Poem by JR
Today I plan to see how thin this
thick thread can stretch there
are earthquakes in the hills and now
the wolves are howling;
She’s..
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A Poem by JR
She keeps her heart under glass like a butterfly
and I delight to see it dance and flutter, the colors
almost overwhelming to my eyes
bright ..
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A Poem by JR
He’s become well-acquainted with
the feeling of sand,
slipping between his fingers
as everything he has tried to build
has slid away..
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A Poem by JR
The virus descends on the little town
like a yellow cloud and curls itself
about the streets while the people
hide in their rat-trap homes an..
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A Poem by JR
He drank the silence in
let it run down his throat
like water, poured over
his tongue and toes
cool in the canals of his veins,
he let ..
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