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Christmas Diamonds
I thought I might die, when I spied the diamonds she had put aside for me,Christmas morning,clasped in sugar paper under a plastic tree.I got lost in my luxurious imagination,picturing her, braving the piercing pinches of the winter’s wind on her fair skin,her collar high around her neck,hands digging in her pockets for warmth and…
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Sweet Pea
I went sailing, when I should have been sleeping,the ocean was excited to see me,throwing herself against the boat, so desperate to touch,so sweet in all her sorrow.I had been away too long, and I had broken her heart,fortunate that she was the forgiving type. I had kissed her, more times than I could count,but…
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I Am A Disappointment To My Father, and He Is A Disappointment To Me
My father was a man of few words and a man of many drinks,losing the will to love somewhere around my mother’s second trimester,and maybe it’s my fault,for forsaking my sense for sentiment,writing off his rage as just a temporary temperament,saving the day with some new excuse,letting my soul be used,until there was nothing left.…
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Indubitably
My erstwhile inamorata, adored indubitably, even after she was ether, stored somewhere safe, in the scent of snapdragons, in the taste of tequila, in the centre of the rising sun, and how it dances across the sky, as she does, every morning.