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A Poem by JR
I still remember that little place
out by the garbage chute,
on the thirteenth floor overlooking the city.
I was almost always alone out th..
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A Poem by JR
They said it wouldn’t hit us, swing south by miles
so we weren’t startled when the siren spun up
I lifted my old bones, hollowing an..
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A Poem by JR
Young men
love their music, they wrap themselves
in it like a blanket, warm chords
on guitars and recorders, mandolins
and pianos
they..
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A Poem by JR
They pulled a body
from the water, or at least
they thought it was a body;
When they got it to shore
they realized it was a mannequin
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A Poem by JR
I want to put my thought down
and I want to watch pastel of the sky;
But everyone wants gold
and vacations
and piano recitals
and plaqu..
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A Poem by JR
With a clang and a clash, the cupboards fell open
and all the dishes fell from their racks
windows rattle in their frame like chains
dining r..
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A Poem by JR
“So this is the bone of contention,” she says. She’s
winning, t-shirt, both socks, all her underwear, hat, and I’m down to jo..
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A Poem by JR
It was a wasteland, a dumping ground
a place where people brought the broken
and cast aside the no-longer-needed
there, rusted bedsprings fl..
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A Poem by JR
All this time, I’ve had
my finger on the button
all this time, I’ve had
the power to end everything
all this time, I’ve ..
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A Poem by JR
Lead the finger that steadied the page
heavy the hand that held the pen
resolved the eye that absorbed the last of her whorls
and the last of..
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