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Duct Tape

Today, I decided to stop Duct taping my sides together. Holding guts inside Became too painful. First, my lungs expanded Air rushed sweet into New distance My ribs no longer bound breath So when you gently touched hair Straying across my face, the wind did not stop, Continued filling my chest Blessing each breath Second,

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She Again

She wore the hotel’s logo over her heart She bore the word Frontier over her heart She had the name she gave her over her heart And hated labels She was into self-torture and its subtle tease Spelled that like subtle tease You into understanding that there is such a thing Even if it only

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Dedushka

Some guys Dmitri meet at Wrigley Field, all drunk to watch Cubs blow yet another lead, later in week take Dmitri fish for lake trout. One own boat, one rod and reel to loan, and on that rod and reel Dmitri hook something big, make rod tip plunge. Set hook. Hoist, reel in. Hoist, reel

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In Our Absence

The universe was born in our absence. Once a baseball-sized cluster of concentrated energy, it grew into a sprawling neighborhood inhabited by mass and the four great forces. In an endless battle, matter and antimatter collided like mortal enemies to create presence, annihilating each other on contact. Matter won for no clear reason. We still don’t

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