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TWT-SPARKS
Come play in the fairy dust. Instead of coveting shooting stars, wish on the bioluminescent bay, drippings of the angels.
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The Tired Diplomat
Mr. Bump and I decided to turn an old piece of art that was hanging on his bedroom wall into a new piece of art by creating some writing inspired by the painting (see below). We settled on a “homecoming” theme, and while we originally conceived a word limit, I ended up writing a poem […]
MoreConfucian Cockscomb
This poem had a lot of heart and potential, but deserved more attention, so I decided to rework it with the help of a friend and post it again. I hope you find the message even more powerful and the lines more impactful than before. Cheers. I sat crampedcrowded among the cloudsconnecting countries,collecting highway stampslike […]
MoreBubbly Beach Life
The fizzy waves misbehaveand flirt with silk stocking shores.The hours shrink like circles of shade,coral negligees cast on ocean floors.
MoreThe Venetian Face
The Venetian face is fadedlampshades of blushing pinkbuildings trimmed in handmade lacehide rotted wood beneath. Antique glass-blown cheeksVenetian lilac window panesboarded up when day is done.turn turquoise when it rains.
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Austrian Agape Alps
Layer after layer of mountain viewlike an expensive cake–granite, limestone, crystalfoggy icing, filling of lapis lazulicooling in view. Lopsided meringue hillsides,a phantom ribbon stage,latticework roads weaveand playfully misbehave.
MoreRaclette Romance
Fingers warm against my abdomena Raclette, burning and dripping sweat,and I need to melt yet, againstthe hardest parts of Greco-Roman. Bodies release like Swiss cheesescraped off you into my roundest bits,permanently pressed cheese sandwiches;the pungent smell of release. Oh, how sublime, the ancient rind,curving splendor, a fountain sipof perfectly paired white wine lips,roasting flames with […]
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