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In Celebration of Single Mothers
She’s split in two, guarding her cubs, everywhere at once, time is at her beck and call. Taking twenty four hours, making it stretch, the way her child benefit does, and the sporadic maintenance money, that she manages to shake, from reluctant pockets. She makes sandwiches in her sleep, house and uniforms clean, play dates…
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Sneaking Out Of School
You remind me of sneaking out of school, finding myself in fields, where adventure awaits, if I can be brave enough. I am thinking of adventure, as you sleep beside me, already disturbed several times, by my inconvenient need to be out of bed. You forgive me, welcoming me back into your lair, holding my…
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Desire In Dreams
You fall in frustration, screaming at the soft carpet that greets you, because I torture you, ever elusive, long legs, across your desk, long monologue, where I pretend not to notice, that you want me. I talk about it some more, your desire is my world, and all the world’s a stage, for girls like…
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Double Rainbow
Miraculous light, reflecting in fading blue. Magic is coming.
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Letters
Soft sighs, as I see you, in my cards, heart racing, as the future finds me, alone in my bedsheets. I write you a love letter, inside of my head, I will never ever send it, but I will trace the syllables onto your skin, as you sleep beside me, hoping that you’ll understand, the…