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Ode to my Hair
Thick-skinned and unruly, oh, you are the epitome of a daughter.
Break down your well-crafted follicle walls and let me nest
on the head built from the chemicals of Westerner's breath. -
Upon a Bushel of Wild Berries
Upon a bushel of wild berries
you claim this small clearing;
and you lay aside your old wearies.
As you eat the Earth's offering,
you mumble softly with yearning,
"Thank you for the gift of summer.” -
A Heavy Breath
June breathes its dry heat into your mouth.
You are filled with the lungs of summer;
and to your lips you press April nicotine,
wondering where March is now.
The nightstand has a penny’s worth of dust. -
tonight i miss my mom
tonight i miss my mother as if i am grieving her death. i see her body in the casket of our inherited rage, dressed in garnet remorse and untimely age. in a way i am grieving my own life, because my mother is the c -
In later May …
the cows feed on the grass in their northern wild fields,
and the farmer is off fighting a war that he doesn’t belong to.
the thick weeds have flourished in the pastures -
Mere
It is the worry of cleanliness—
perhaps the worry of purity—
that ruined my dear Mere.
What was once a blossom,
is now sickly type of cherry.
Then, I will ask her if she can smell
the becomings of our devotion
Loves
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Bullets on Bikes
Pikeville, Kentucky was small, but Zach and Ben were smaller. Bullets on bikes, zipping around, everywhere at once. Always there for dinner, but gone before the first dish made it into the sink.
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Autumn Forest Goddess
as I sit here –
deep in the forest, bathed in shadow,watching the leaves fall,
tell me, why does the earth end in such a pretty display?I holler to the trees,
they answer with a rustle -
To the little girl with big dreams
I wish the sun always shone
But never burned your skin
And that when it is snowing
The cold never nips
I wish all your tears were happy
And you never knew grief
But I know none of this is true
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For Mom
I love my mom
Everything I’ve learned in life
is thanks to her
She's the woman that has been by my side
since the day I was brought into this world
She's the woman that loved me and cared for me
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