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Poetry

Cold Hands, Cold Heart

Day 7 Prompt: Cold

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Poetry

Trinity of Revolution

Day 21 – Write a poem on revolution

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Poetry

The Worst Breakup Mixtape Vol. 1

Day 12 – Describe your life using only the titles of your favorite songs.
Of course, with credits!

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Poetry

Wild Hands

My finger runs across my palm, searching for callouses.

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Poetry

Libertad

Day 8 – Talk about freedom and the evolution of its meaning over the ages – the personal, the political and the in-betweens.

Is freedom a state of being or a journey?

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Poetry

Pizza

You kneaded me, tried to shape me to your liking, extra-thin crust, light sauce, easy on the toppings, bland. Your well-intentioned hands smashed my skin, spread emotions evenly on a cold surface. Like a child, you tossed me in the air, filled my body with hope, weightless, dead space underneath me, knowing you would catch […]

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Will the fog ever lift?

Will this fog ever lift? I ask without expecting a direct answer. I check your pulse with two fingers to the ground, hoping for a sign of your healing.  I quiet white noise with white light, silence the static of statistics to steal back a sliver of sanity. I feel your cry, though my hearing […]

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For the Heart

I’ll title this later – An open letter to Procrastinators

Incomplete works: I have them.

If you do, too, you’re not alone.