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Category Archives: poems & short jabs
wrong room
Wrong Room
Everyone here
who experiences
relentless
anguish
raise your
hand.
You two
at the
back who
didn’t raise
your hands,
please leave.
You’re in
the wrong
room.
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when all hope died
When All Hope Died
I can’t
recall exactly
when all
hope died
inside but
maybe it
was as
recently as
4 a.m. this
morning in
my sleep
just before
the northern
summer sun
began
to rise.
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one way death comes
One Way Death Comes
Like a
slow
gray mother.
Like a
black cushion
closing in
from all
sides.
Your mind
empties,
washed out
& tepid.
The lilt
leaves
your voice.
“Hush now,”
says death.
“Hush.”
Things fade
into seamless
repetition.
You slide
into
capitulation.
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cracked glass
Cracked Glass
We carry
our humanity
strung around
our necks
on coarse
twine
like a
pane of
cracked glass.
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the striking power of silence
The Striking Power of Silence
Absolute silence
& then
strike like
a cobra.
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