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New Year, New Poem
Red and green sparks slink across the sky.Life is returning for a moment,meek and mastered no more,she is strong,roaring as she stretches across my eyeline,to remind me, once again, that nothing lasts forever,except the joy of fireworks. I feel it in the air,bubbling and brewing under my skin.There is magic in my drink.Down it goes,right…
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A Letter To The Girl From 365 Days Ago
Hello beautiful, You’re not dead, yet, and that’s a good thing. You also haven’t wished for it in a long time, and that’s also a good thing. Would you like to know why? I’ll tell you, in time, but first, we have some other matters to discuss. We’ll start with January. It is just about…
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Diverse Verse – Christmas Special
Hola amigos, Diverse Verse will be returning with a special Christmas Show, airing on Soho Radio’s NYC+Culture Channel, from 3PM GMT on Thursday December 30th. Soho Radio Besos, J x
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Until They Vanish
Rolling hills that once went on for miles stutter to a stop,interrupted by industry, with slender, skeletal fingertips that wrap around the wild, wide world and snap her struggling throat.Money trickles but it never rains on the deserving,and the children grow weary before they’ve even left their mother’s wombs, because they know they only exist…
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Immunity
I’m not immune to you,to the melody of your shoes on my bedroom floor,couldn’t be more certain that I’m cynical and vulnerable all at once,but I’m just, sort of, going with it,going wherever your rolled eyes and exasperated sighs command. I fall and rise,resisting sleep, then being ravished by it,the same record on repeat,a comforting…