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Think of me now as Earth:
here to give you warmth and shelter,
revolving at my core to bring you life
with wet, fertile soil to take your roots.
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From your throne in my chest
you rearrange me like Pangaea;
thrusting apart long-established boundaries,
violently forming callused mountain rang..
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I will call you Iron
for the taste you leave in my mouth,
the color you put in my cheeks,
and the way sink into my muscles.
because you are vo..
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I'll show up lust-drunk and reckless,
swaying in the scent of clean sheets
and slow burning sandalwood.
2.
Fumbling for zippers bycellph..
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First attempt at a villanelle.
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Blue, foreign, cold and sharp,
the morning arrives and creeps under the window
demanding its audience rise from their warm, slee..
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Pull down my hood to let my hair out,
allow him to see it, feel envious,
he wants stroke the soft black strands.
Wear tight jeans, make a point
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My eyelids heavy with sleep,
I lay my head in the crook of your neck -
its final resting place for the night.
I'll dream there,
breathe there,
st..
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This is a short personal essay for an English class.
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First it was the cold wind,
a friendly warning to the winter ahead
that will knowingly and willingly drown us,
a climate we're accustomed to.
No..
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