cotton candy pinks and blues
clouds hang in still bare branches
a sunset bloom
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Day 25
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Tag: napowrimo
the art and science of subduing spirits (20170424)
i have tied you up
and you have forgotten
the safety word
the knots keep you subdued
the ropes are of my own weaving
regret mixed with despair
a few threads left of honest desire
the knots keep you still
but you are just a shade
easy driven out by a strong light
easily chased into dusty corners
my silence keeps you silent
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for
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Day 24
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sunken eyes (20170423)
the bird sings the night sky
fading blues to pinks to
the solitary color of its heart
three trills, short
one cry, long
a heartbeat separated by chambers
struck out of order
a solitary sound of night
listen
the rustle of feathers
listen
the quiet of parting leaves
the river of the freeway
the black heart beating
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Day 23
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consideration of impatience (20170422)
go ahead and make me wait
i’ve got the patience of job
tied up in a bindle stick
over my shoulder
i can bust it out whenever
but i know you like me
impatient, eager
like ice melting off
a fingertip
my jaw clenches shut
and i breathe through
my nose because
if i open my mouth
there’s no telling
what part of your body
i will target first
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Day 22
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butterfly in the sky (20170421)
the butterfly
delivers secrets
one flower at a time
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Day 21
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shadows stretching (20170420)
the fat sun
lolls low in the morning sky
pine trees line the street
casting long shadows
across the asphalt
a runner hunched half over
speeds through a gap
in traffic
following
silent train tracks
i wait for the crows
who have found something
unknowable but edible
in the grass
i taste the dust
of the field behind my
childhood home
chickens, horses
beyond the field
a neighbor of sorts
whose peacock
is crying
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Day 20
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first itch (20170419)
at first there was an itch
an itch that wasn’t there before
and no hand to scratch it
so a fire had to do
to contain the itch
but the fire grew out of control
it burned without oxygen to consume
and its ashes became a fine mist
and the drops coalesced into diamonds
the first stars
and they sang with voice
but there was no air
and there was no one to hear
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Day 19
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untitled (20170418)
the sun throws rocks at me
and my umbrella
shudders under the weight
of these fiery meteors
my hair reeks of smoke
tiny holes have begun appearing
in my shirt where the cosmic
ash has fallen
how i wish they didn’t carry
all that gravity with them
in addition to their smoldering
hearts
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Day 18
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water (20170417)
heat returns
water bubbles in the fountain
a memory of rain
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Day 17
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repentance [fragment] (20170416)
you have my apologies, of course
truth transmitted directly from source
but too small, words too few
to make much difference to you
my skin a fractured eggshell
spiderweb damage the betraying tell
no need for hell to punish sin
i carry my eternal flames within
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Day 16
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Words and Feathers 