October 2010
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Inside Conversations
Somehow it is fitting
seeing you on Halloween;
Masks firmly placed.
You, still too cool
to wear a costume.
I’m the picture of naivety,
victim shaped,
a school girl, pleats and all,
feeling self-conscious
and standing in the corner
tugging at my too short skirt.
Your jaw is set in marble
and just as cold;
you don’t need a hoodie
though the rest of us
dance in place
just...
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If Wolves Could Drive
What would packs do
if wolves could drive?
Would they live like bikers,
flying in flocks of noisy cycles,
moving as one
across the highways end to end?
Would they still live altogether
in their cave, one family?
Or would they split apart?
The myth of swift travel
compelling them further afield.
How far before they are
no longer one?
How long do such ties stretch?
Two miles, ten?
Are...
If you asked me to describe my heart, I would say...
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likeghostsinsnow:Half/hearted.
I know It's Been Awhile!
Hey guys! Sorry, I know it has been awhile since I last posted. Life kinda caught up with me there! A weekend of zoo trips and visits from the parents,and THEN my little sister had a baby! Pretty exciting and has kept me pretty busy too. But I WILL post some original something soon! I need more poetry so I can apply to the University of Wisconsin Madison this year. We will see what happens...
Sometimes, someone comes into your life that...
If we do the unthinkable, would it make us look...
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Rain, Just Rain
The breeze picked up, shaking the trees free of their fire and gold and covering my car in parchment leaves. There was a bite to the wind; a remembrance that this was supposed to be Fall even though I spent the day in sandals and skirts. The air smelled like rain and I welcomed the sight of the hard steel line drawn across the sky muddying the blue above my home. I stood in anticipation of a...
Just a Random Thought
Last night a friend said, in the context of a conversation I do not want to share:
“Sometimes we don’t ask the most important questions of our lives because we are too afraid that we will not get the answers we are hoping for.”
I find that to be unbearably true. Sometimes asking a question will change the status quo dramatically either way and if you don’t get the answer...
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Driving at Sunset
It’s a romantic concept, driving into the sunset;
the thing of movies, novels and poets.
At first it is grand, the light golden, the world in sepia.
Windows rolled down, the breeze tosses your hair,
you wear your sunglasses and sing along with your music
feeling like a star. Life couldn’t get any better.
Then the sun sinks lower.
The sharp rays begin to dip below the visor,
...
“Anyway—because we are readers, we don’t have to wait for some communications...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via wordpainting)
Archive
So I just discovered this archive feature here on Tumblr. It opens up a page where it shows you your posts all lined up like boxes on a calendar, so you can get a visual of everything you did since you started. All organized by month, and all neatly stacked, all you have to do is scroll down.
I LOVE this feature because one, I was able to head towards the beginning of a few of my favorite blogs...
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Weeds
“What’s taking you so long?” you asked.
You stood legs apart, hands on your hips.
The sun hammered your exhausted, dirt streaked face.
We worked in the crippled garden, a knot of choked
flowers and weeds tangled like striped sheets in a dryer.
You had labored, bent over the tangle all morning,
Your body all motion, never stopping.
I still had to start. Instead I analyzed,
scrutinized, a slow...
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Carbondale’s Fourth Annual Glass Pumpkin Sale
I am wakened by the dulcet shouts of my roommate telling me to get my lazy ass out of bed or we’ll be late. With just two hours of sleep my body hunts for clothes in silent acquiescence. My left eye is cemented shut as something akin to an adult sippy cup is thrust into my hand. The dirty smell of coffee slaps my nose and I succumb to some semblance of life. I’m taken to a lawn in the middle...
Come On Brain
So, this last month or so has been almost indescribable.
So many things have gone wrong and yet several things have gone just right enough to balance. Not totally. Just a little. Just enough to keep me optimistic. Just enough to make sure that I wake up and function like a almost normal human being.
But it is rough sometimes.
Like today.
Seeing someone you shared a life with for three...
