poetry
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The Price
A guest poem from Kitty Jane Smith Content Warning: Sexual Assault “No!” He screamed, “stop!Don’t you…
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clean sheets
I run the self-cleaning cycles on both the dishwasher and the washing machine. I deep clean…
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speak your truth
Martha is admonished for care and hospitality,but Mary — Mary chose the better part, he says…
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absence
remember when his absencecaused the heart to shatterrather than grow fonder? it was nothis absence (i…
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Fred
soft paw in passinghooks me back into the now –time exhales, anchored
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sea of bitterness
Bolt from the bluestrikes without warning,jolts me from reveries,is gone —if you blinked you missed it…
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Paradox
Liquorice allsorts. You asked me once why I said I was a paradox. I nevergot around…
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Two Years
I’ve never been more alone. I want to call you, right now, out of nowhere and…
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Passive Smoking
Can I blame Apple? If we could add storageto the phone, I wouldn’t be clearing out…
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time
Skipping lightlyover days of youthand then,all too soon,etching lines of sorrow.Boasting powerover the years.An untamed dimensionbeyond…
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the Venn diagram that is a circle
I want you to know I am gratefulfor your friendshipfor the way you sometimes read my…
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Easter, 2026
Your apology is more hollow than this chocolate egg, and by all means hold on to…
