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10 species of pleasure
1. The one that purrs (…) 2. The slash-and-burn (…)3. The igloo (…)4. The raw coconut…
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The grief of love
There’s an inherent grief felt in falling in love: the grief of small spaces demolished into…
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A conversation with time
go on, let it happen— what? —the needle, the stars, the smoke you’re chasing. ‘chasing’ is…
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Home remedies
When all that’s changed is your mood, I have trouble believing you’ve swallowed the right pill.…
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Wildstyle
The art of love meets the art of war and a black hole forms from one…
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Cento for the end of Spring
How do I quell the place that built me?I ask this, who am myself the ruined…
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Said the dummy to the ventriloquist
Ain’t that the gimmick?There, the ventriloquist in her element, tooth-locked like a good egomaniac waiting to…
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3 lessons from the future
First things first, you gotta know how to land. Learn to bend before you burst. You…
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If I could give one piece of advice to young poets and writers, it’d be this
Write about joy. Many artists have a tendency to fetishize negativity, because conflict is interesting and…
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Heaven is a bird’s nest
I remain convinced that heaven is a bird’s nest, braided grass and twine embedded sturdily in…
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Obligations in love
Don’t think about his addictions, or yours. Be flexible about the dog breed, the restaurant, and…
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Atalaya Mountain
Just warm enoughfor the horny toads to go roasting; just cool enough for you, while the…
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Ode to old ladies
Old lady keeps a cookie tin full of buttons in the back of her car after…
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A good memory is one trained to forget
I once met a millwright in a basement-level cocktail bar in Omaha, Nebraska. The bartender offered…
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3 (a study)
Three vertical wisps of smoke On the eastern mountain rangeThe midnight washerwomen At the water’s edgeOne…
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5 answers to the same question
1.Because even the birds have their languageand they use it without hesitation,singing honest songs at pertinent…
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Hell’s waltz
The devil on my back Has seven pseudonyms His jackal hides his mask He cries an…
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Edelweiss
it’s the lonely peaks for me the points I return to when I’m muscled back into…
Lizzy Burnam 🐞 