Poems
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From-ness
This post is an excerpt from a “Meet the Team” interview conducted at an old job that was set to be published in the company newsletter. My coworker had the good sense to talk me out of submitting it! But, these are the things I have to say to those…
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The Verges
I stopped by my partner’s house for an hour or two the other evening, after a long day of firm but gentle rain, and when I left the weather had shifted from being warm and wet to being cold and wet - which created a lot of steam. I don’t…
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Celebrate
I Will Celebrate The Day Something Doesn’t Try To Kill Me: I stumbled my way to the corner near where the towering red brick building crumbles into the overgrown stretch of unlit sidewalk , where grizzled hustlers greet me in coded handshakes and paternal salutations. “Won’t you celebrate with me…
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Dear Mom
Dear Mom, Let me open this by saying, I love you. I don’t have to know your hardest past to be able to see the softness of your future. I am deeply grateful for the sacrifices you’ve made, and I hope to always hold your tenderness with compassion. You may…