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Monthly Archive for March, 2009

Diamonds

Diamonds are made for vaults and, on special occasions, fingers. My own fingers. Because I know I can trust my own fingers. So why did I lend them to you? Was I mad? Was it the madness that lent them to you? I would never say those words, but a madness, a madness sitting deep [...]

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Possibly did not consider our options.

If we grow wings where would we go?
What would we do?
Who would take us in?
Love us - lead us - teach us to swim
And breath underwater - hold our breath.
Pass English assignments - maths tests
Put out fires - climb tress
Plant saplings down on our knees
Go fishing - watch the [...]

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“I’ve made alot of mistakes. I’ve made alot of mistakes. I’ve made alot of mistakes. I’ve made alot of mistakes.” - ‘Chicago’ Sufjan Stevens.
I love these word pairs:
‘Child Trafficing’
‘Heart Attack’
‘Sugar Rush’
‘Eye Contact’
Als0 - I have THREE small poems for you:
Talking on top of each other.
Conversations are houses of cards.
My hand is shaking.
I have red shoes
they [...]

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Dear universe:
I have my book back from my editor. It is THRILLING. I am reading it again for the first time in months and it is burning right through me. I am struggling to belive how witting and creative and dam-well AWE-SOME my book is.
It is a BOOK. It has 40 chapters. The same amount [...]

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