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this feels something like that (a poem)

2016/07/30

One of those evenings where I wake up a couple of hours after having fallen asleep—twice—while watching a movie. This poem incorporates a line inspired by a tumblr post…
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What are the odds? (a poem)

2016/07/28

Prompted by a mis-reading of today’s ‘love note’ entry…
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Kisser (once removed) (a poem)

2016/07/22

Inspired by Kisser, by Vasilina Orlova (plus brandy)…
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Scarcity trumps fear (a poem)

2016/07/22

I did not use the exact line, but a certain newspaper of record today described a certain political candidate as ‘a unique threat’…
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Back from the dark side of the moon (a poem)

2016/07/17

Partly inspired by Pizzicato Five and Original Love songs posted to YouTube… Continue reading

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Pause (a poem)

2016/07/16

Started out straying from the month’s theme again, but a phrase I heard in a song slipped in at the last moment…

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It’s feeling a lot like World War III— (a poem)

2016/07/15

This came from a brief conversation I had with someone a couple of nights ago before open-mic… Continue reading

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Woods (a poem)

2016/07/11

Watching a Japanese drama on Netflix…

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Disengagement (a poem)

2016/07/10

Drawn from a preliminary news item on essence.com, and informed by a New York Times article from August 2015…

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Blindness (a poem)

2016/07/09

Watching a Japanese drama on Netflix…

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