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17. Anesthesia
As you drift off, you will finally lose that weight, you’ve been telling yourself you should do something about. you will forget the trauma and the triumph the lull you feel is a silent lullaby rocking you once, into slumber Your breathing corpse maintains its complexion you will stay beautiful in your absence you might…
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16. Bells
*Ding-Dong* waited at the door to be greeted by your father have you back by ten and treat you like his daughter made sure to open up and help you into the passenger moved the umbrella, meant to keep us from the water *Ring-Ring* our food was up after we waited by the window like…
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My Friend Joseph
I have often thought that I have the best friends anyone can ask for. The quality and quantity of genuine friendships I have could keep a person full. And I have often desired to write a blog post about each one of my friends in a way that would highlight and honor them. Today, it…
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15. Pictures
most of the time there’s too much perspective for just one photograph like the contour of your ridge that leads to a bridge that knows of the perils of love it’s worth it to be overwhelmed by the decision to wade in waves and surging waters to rest on your shore, sure of catching the…
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14 Footing
Sometimes when hiking under the weight of a pack or under my own, while walking along a ridge I slip when the incline is steep enough Once, as a child, I was running and skid on leaves on the edge of a trail and almost tumbled down a hill On a date, in early February…
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The Little Messenger: Sparrow Haikus Pt. 1
I. You were unaware I was flying through the air Did you even care? II. Your eye was on me In fact they never left me Yet it’s true, I fell III. I fell to the earth I think you may have noticed I thought you’d catch me IV. This ground is…
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13 Caricature
you are in this chair, in this place for a few moments. I sketch your large head, rush through your body like it’s unimportant, to capture the features of the ego that makes you uniquely beautiful. I feel as if I’ve known you, but it is ethereal, known in relation to a few places and…
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We are not in the Wind, We are the Wind
What an interesting time for an interesting and interested God. A God that is not idle but who remains an eternal intercessor in Christ. A God that we may feel is silent about circumstance yet still resounds about who He is. John 3:8 reads “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound…
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10 Lions
Pacing no matter how large the cage keeping the pride, an audience is tolerated in the manufactured safari the hoops will still be jumped through when coated with fire amusement will continue at the circus the saints either lay with or are stalked by the lions today the mouth will…
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09 Steady
“Steady, steady” I tell her, whilst knowing nothing about archery. she is able to hold the tension with poise. her hand resting against her cheek, where i wished mine to be, she listens to my steady advice. I too am composed, I think the string pulled back like the way she wore her hair; i…
The Reconstructed 