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Feliz Cumpleaños, Ol’ Brown Eyes
I stand above her cot,catching her eye as fading stars catch the first morning rays.She is so small,so minuscule that it is hard to believe she will be any bigger,but she blooms,and behind the cot,by the window,there she is again. Precocious brat in a princess dress,smiling, like she still believes it’s all up to her,and…
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Falling Awake
Fluorescent, flashing lights go out, and I am descended into a darkness, so desperate that it draws its arms around me and holds on. I hold my nerve, hollow, held breaths as I count the beats of my heart, each one taking longer than the last to arrive because I am travelling, trailed by the…
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Alarm
Life could be brand new, stinging eyes, streaming sunlight, I am waking up.
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Made
I’d like to say I was made somewhere, but I don’t know that I’m complete. A naive version of myself thought this would be a settled point in my life, but she was deluded in the most darling way, footsteps receding as she raises her eyes to the stars, hopeful and hungry. I have washed…
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Shadow Banned
I left lavender letters on the pillowcase,my eyes glittering in the sunrise’s gaze.There were shadows spying in the door way,but I had resigned myself to life as a laboured spirit,so I had accepted it long ago.The shadows toddled down the hallway behind me,endlessly emulating the soft sway of my hips,but never quite getting it,reaching into…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 