Category: Illusion
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Silhouette in the Sun
she sat by the open window her breasts uncovered reading Anais Nin he sat on the floor in the corner with a notebook perfecting his impersonation of Henry Miller writing a pulp fiction novel when the semester ended and the rent came due she moved home to her parents he moved to the coast and…
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Dear Pinochio
I don’t know what a real little boy is only that they grow into a man and I don’t know what a real man is supposed to be View Post only that crickets stop talking to you and reality is not make believe and there is no happily ever after 2-4-2024
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How to Survive a Conversation with a Narcissist
Tell me your requirements for love and I will tell you that is not love. 12-20-23
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The heretic
standing in the cold beating on the door begging for someone to open the door gives way and falls forward you were knocking from inside 12-19-23
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morning of two suns
sun rises on a neighbor’s upstairs window and through trees above the chicken coop for one brilliant moment I squint into the glare of two suns and feel blessed 10-15-23
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On the edge of night
dawn paints green trees color of the sun afraid to abandon warm water vapor rises up haunts pond’s surface slowly disappears in cool air Autumn’s first leaves drift by unafraid of ghosts 10-9-23
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For a friend
For a moment, I thought I saw you in the grocery store parking lot getting out of your car. You turned and smiled. I started to call out your name, when I remembered you’ve been gone over a year and I don’t believe in ghosts (not even the friendly kind). But for moment, I thought…
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