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Salad
I am standing in the bathroom, looking at myself in the mirror
Eating salad, the leaves all droopy and curled
I like how my collarbones look in this shirt
The one I told my mom I didn’t like -
Response to Mary Oliver's 'The Swan'
I saw it then, I see it now
Tonight, a brightness to the moon, its sheen like whitecaps, murky pale
Birds pierce the skies when airborne, rip holes into stars with unconscious sharpness – -
I'm Back
I'm back--who knows for how long
I've put breath and sweat and tears into projects that do not serve me
I am tired, my stomach overripe with angry, boiling resentment
Thick citrus, biting my insides with bubbling teeth -
Lifeline: A YWP Project of Prose and Trees
To really feel a forest canopy we must use different senses, and often the most useful one is the sense of imagination. -Joan Maloof
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A New Hand
It is a long road from brink to brink--
An episode a night, a softly steaming cup to drink steadily from
It is no surprise that once the first apple falls-- -
A Shame Under The Divine
It is a shame to see--a heart trapped in place by divinity
A shame to continue, to honor the life, to burn the wick, revive the light
A belief is surely, now, conviction, and bred to consume, a fabric within
its brightened plume