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The storm within
Feeling a bit Jon Batiste and a bit UNI and the Urchins The storm within one tear leads the way dropping crookedly to the ground...

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May 4, 20241 min read
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Thinking about
Thinking about… fear mongering trust the future isolation roles production purpose empathy apathy the collective the individual what to...

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Apr 13, 20241 min read
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Characterization
Meaning Less means Means less Meaningless More means Means more Meaningful Mean Meaner Meanest What do you mean? And most of all… Do you...

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Apr 6, 20241 min read
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Daydream
A frail form on bowed legs moves painfully slowly going nowhere against a World that no longer befriends It stares with defeated eyes...

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Mar 30, 20241 min read
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You…
You with your parsley fresh wit and Habanero warmth You Orchid smart And determined as an Arctic willow You Stable as beetroot And...

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Mar 23, 20241 min read
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Fallen petal
Fallen Petal petulant petal brief glorious martyrdom back from where you came Photo by Wallace Castro #fallenpetal #haiku #poem #poetry

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Feb 24, 20241 min read
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Tryptich of wonder
Dropping like flies Lies Listen A tree fell in the forest snap crackle and pop with no other place to go hunker down and wait winter...

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Dec 9, 20231 min read
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Old thing
More desirable each passing year Value and prestige augmented by the masses who wish to possess, caress, admire and adore Oh! to be a...

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Nov 18, 20231 min read
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New beginning
start over down by the river a blank page first wind in your hair first searing kiss first hit, first miss the same, but different...

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Nov 4, 20231 min read
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September
fresh air endless skies welcome frisson sharpened minds a cool cleanse forward motion possibilities newly woken scavenge and scurry red...

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Sep 30, 20231 min read
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The deconstruction
Miserable miser Jealous louse Friendless fiend Oil and ice Furrowed brow Mean and fake Moody and capricious will not abate the poison...

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Sep 23, 20231 min read
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Pointless
a dog running from its tail brushing dirt under a rug painting over a stain sealing a hole with a plug darkness diminishing light clouds...

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Sep 9, 20231 min read
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Verity
the truth destroyer of illusions lightness of being a Vaquita empirical convenient yours mine Title photo by Markus Winkler #empirical...

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Sep 2, 20231 min read
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Snapshot
A kiwi lake reflects a pineapple sky Footprints pepper sugar cane shores Dollops of color bob happily along as fingertips slowly dip and...

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Aug 12, 20231 min read
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joy
E major Brimming with lightness and glee Trembles inside me Lifts me up Feels like hallelujah Photo by Kourosh Qaffari #lightnessofbeing...

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Jul 29, 20231 min read
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As if…
As if this dust had never been a person And this right had never been wrong As if this debris had never been a city And this discord...

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Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Sgarduf
Nestled on my lap Your warmth penetrates my skin Your vulnerability is also mine Trusting abandonment We are hushed and still We are snug...

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Nov 4, 20221 min read
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Swing
Pixabay Schmooze me Booze me Long as I can lose me Even for just an hour Lie to myself It’ll be okay Hold tight let go seems alright...

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May 10, 20221 min read
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Charlie
CHARLIE From infinitesimal movements you understand With gargantuan enthusiasm you respond warm soft little blanket fiercely brave caped...

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Apr 1, 20221 min read
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Merciful Mary
Winds of change Please do carry the voice of truth far and wide Across battlefields And burning skies Over charred remains Mothers’ empty...

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Mar 18, 20221 min read
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