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Vegas
Fountains find my wishes, sending them to bright stars, that feud with the lights of the skyline. You are pouring me juice, as I watch palm trees dancing to the wind’s melody, silently, you call my name, pointing at the sweet spot on your knee, that I call home, and I think, I finally learned…
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Seasons Change
Orange trees, leaning against the horizon, days tire and go home sooner, our world famous rainy days have returned. I thought about the wasted summer, how I barely made friends with the sun, we were shy acquaintances, and now I can barely see her face. I drink hot chocolate, as the trees in my yard…
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Caramel Digestives
It began with caramel digestives. He had them in his kitchen, and confessed that one of my stories had inspired the purchase. My heart melted, just at the thought of finding someone who listens, who remembers the little things, and I watched him pour me another drink, as I tried to look interesting and sophisticated.…
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The Queen of Cluster C
I have… I have a thing that I’m not ready to discuss out loud, because it means I have to leave her behind, the girl I always thought I was. I am… I am not okay, and apparently, that’s okay, but it seems very not okay, when everyone socially distances from my crisis, like I’m…
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Cake and a Gift Bag
I have a notebook, where I wrote my will, last summer, so that people would know, where what little I possessed was meant to go, and so that my mother would know, that under no circumstances, was she permitted to use a photo outside of my own careful selections, on the news, or the funeral…