Poetry

looking for love

looking for love

I don’t think I’ll look for love again. maybe I’ll seek out a dark alley with opioid addicts, hoping for a victim from a foreign town whose absence won’t be noticed for a week or more. or perhaps I’ll take out an ad in the classifieds, if they still have those. I’ll list all of…

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Deserve love?

You and I have different views on love. You think it has to be earned, deserved, that the struggle for it is real. There’s nothing you can do to earn love. You’ll never be good enough to deserve it. It’s a gift that is all.

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Fire!

You can't yell "fire!" in a crowded theater originates in the context of

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pokemon

I collect people like Pokémon cards. I can tell which species they match with. I merge them to evolve into a new being. done. Discard them and send them on their way. Or I keep them wrapped tight with a rubber band for the day when I find another one.

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coward

I’m working very hard so it’s not complicated and you won’t even tell me the truth about the girl you complained about for days and the reason you wanted me to come to town

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Velociraptor

I am a velociraptor, testing the electronic fences. Looking for a weakness.

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A hole in my heart

There’s a hole in my heart Where the love leaks out  Since you went to her Instead of me It makes my heart black Instead of red It makes me angry Instead of sad

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Tech teaches …

Tech teaches: "I can get what I want when I want it" - Amie Zimmer "The real resists and surprises. And it’s where the joy is." - Tutor Macdonald

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Lonely Blackbird

Lonely Blackbird

The lonely blackbird criesAs she flies across the morning skyOverdue at home to a family“I’m coming, I’m coming.” With nowhere to beAnd no one to take care ofI watch. And sip my coffee.And sigh.

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catching up with old friends

Parker got arrested.Ben's not speaking to his father.Maya's moving away.We're separated.Kyle started school.I had to work on my child's 1st day of school.and I woke up late.My mother's dying.I'm moving.I miss your father every day.

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