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POETRY

When It's My Time

2/1/2022

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All omens are personal. Some are for old men with teeth in their pockets. Others are for mothers with ten arms and four legs. Mine is a silver dollar that I didn’t give to the man under the bridge. I planted it in autumn, but I won’t make it to spring. The girls say I’m too busy to pay attention. But who can watch the ground when the rain might come? If I drop dead outside, they’ll keep the homegoing short. You’ll know me by the hours of the birds. Count ‘em slow like you love ‘em, like you meant to do it, like you’ll miss the sound of the last wings. Baptize the fried fish and white bread in hot sauce.

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Published in
Height Chart (Middle House Review)
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Lockjaw

12/15/2021

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Some unboxed words
should be left alone.

Those boxes hold
jewels for my hair,
spiders for my light,
peaches for my sink.

Don't use 'em all up.

I pick a few to go 
with my baby teeth.

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Published in 
Roadrunner Review
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Primordial Hymn

12/15/2021

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- after "Pilot Verse" by Matt W. Miller

Now to write a book of birth,
eighty pages edged in gold.

Now to crack back the ribs
to peer inside fresh lungs.

Now to scrape the cavities
full of meat and metal ends.

Now to spit into open hands
thronging the empty flames.

Now to let loose the wails
waiting deep in my throat.

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Published in 
Roadrunner Review
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She Walks Among Us

3/31/2021

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Dark, kind woman. Big, bright woman.
Hard, proud woman. Bold, light woman.

Back straight. Head high. Wide smile aglow.

She's shining in dim places
                                   and
bursting into small rooms.

       Ain't no fist that can hold her.

Show us      who you've always been.
Show us      the way to the future.

The universe moves forward,
and she's calling back to you:

                                   Woman.
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Created for Shipt
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When the End Breaks

2/1/2021

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Published in Wingspan
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Hear It

2/1/2021

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Published in Wingspan
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ChapStick

2/1/2021

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Published in Wingspan
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Bone-Rattling

2/1/2021

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Published in Wingspan

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Shelf Cloud: a caution

9/22/2020

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Published in Sienna Solstice
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spider-silking

9/8/2020

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Published in
Briefly Write
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