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Ekphrastic poem

1. Lust-less children lie in the gutters Of the cities they had spent their lives to reach while Viral diseases infect the radio waves..

So much depends on the look in his eyes. His eyes when he says I’m sorry, but the cancer is spreading like shadows..

*** Inspired by the song "Big A*s Rock" from the play The Full Monty

Again, she cultivated liquid notations until the dull daily drip of worn out adjectives had her palms itching for a more creative quill. Howe..

hurry Please I am so hungry so hungry for the bones Mother has been cooking for hours my nose twitches over them marinating ..

It was darling how she stood on point to beg the moon Don’t forget me, Lover just hold me down when I lose my footing and let the tide t..

Young un’, Over easy instead of hard boiled, you walked Under the sidewalk until you finally reached my beginning with Venom displacing itsel..

We are cold bones with the marrow licked clean by the sandpaper tongue of a tom cat we crunch like leaves underfoot in autumn w..

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