Month: May 2023
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yesterday
as i bent beside the fading green kiddy poolto fill the small yellow bucket withdays old bug clouded water,i thought of you and so, i kneeled when i pouredthe watery clouds along the soil breakat my garden’s bed i started with the arugula,not yet peppered or rocketingand then poured twice from the bucket to the…
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livewire
when the worst thing to happenhappens at the beginning of a life instead of in the middle somewhereor closer to the end; trust and curiosity never get the chanceto set-up, to root or roam free. instead, it is fear and apprehension thatimplant and infiltrate the dirt below. beforewe’re old enough to understand what’s happened our…
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daily delight
for gray when you ask me this morning, over french toast and blueberries if you are my favorite child, i don’t know what to say. i want so badly to tell you the truth. you deserve the truth. i tell you the shortened version of your birth story instead; how brand new and familiar you…
santos scribes 