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A Poem by JR
One of us is fire, the other
water indifferent we go
one of us is current, the other
rubber like a mat to stop
the flow one of us is hig..
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A Poem by JR
I saw something in the sky
the other night, something I’d waited
my whole life to see, something
that didn’t belong to the geomet..
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A Poem by JR
Maryanne I’ve given up that ghost
that used to follow us around, back
in our hometown, to the desert from
city to town, apartment to ho..
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A Poem by JR
I saw her body and
it was bloodless and gray she
covered the pillow with
her blond hair, hands folded,
up against the satin and her
ma..
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A Poem by JR
There was no star before the universe
no thought before thinking
no heartbeat before tissue or
juice before the vine
there was no love bef..
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A Poem by JR
I would read you poetry
in bed, as I’ve promised
you could rest you head
so softly, let the dark hair
spread across my chest
we..
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A Poem by JR
Ruin or salvation there
is something I seek, and I find
by falling when my knees get
weak and give way, the only
method I lean on is my mi..
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A Poem by JR
I ate her raw like I would
an oyster, all tongue and no teeth
the way she wanted to be eaten,
she made herself a feast of
perfume and loti..
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A Poem by JR
They grow in cedar chips
like me, they start as pins and
then expand, up and out, full
flesh eating up the space that
used to be air, lik..
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A Poem by JR
They hunt you this time for your brain
and not your body they seem to be
everywhere, all sides, pressing in they
want you scared, they want y..
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