Category: Poetry
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ICE AIRLINES: Flight 06-10 with service to Galeão International Airport
“He has taken a souvenir without permission: In his pocket, he hides the moment of sunlight he saw between the last cage, and this one.”
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THE GIRLBODY REWILDS
“There are only twenty-five blimps left in the whole entire world and exactly zero Yangtze river dolphins. Is there such a thing as an excess of adaptation? Please say no.”
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BIODIVERSITY SURVEY OF CATHERINE HARDWICKE’S TWILIGHT (2008)
“Looking closely at the meadow scene, you may notice: the distinctly invasive characteristic of the grasses, the uncanny resemblance between each purple wildflower or: a tongue bitten so voraciously that skin threatens to break.”
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Sure, I keep a dream journal
“Each year, the snouting verve of magnolia buds. Always again the gnashing glory of forsythia, the whipping starlight. Again, the daffodils, those houndful miracles.”
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how to get gone when you’re in love
“The tomato pulp of me pressed against the inside of her cheek and swallowed whole. The end, popped open like the sound of parting lips. Like death.”
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Funny Replacement – L.A. Nights
From where I’m sitting, in the 10:30 twilight,palm fronds mock cathedral arches.And cherry-chlorine vapours play like fireflies, beamed up an indifferent street light. Lindsay Taylor, in her one piece glory,lies belly-down on blue mesh beside me.Forearm pressed against warm Rothko makeup,the bug eyes she never grew into,the blue hair she’s growing out to black.There’s mono…
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cutting the air with a dull knife
“and so the next logical step would be to crucify the lord in a parking lot— no need for mountainous splendor or a wad of olive branches”
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