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  • Nothing There

    I went back to read your words But they aren’t there They aren’t to be found The website says Nothing here There’s nothing there Was there ever? If I can’t read the words I can’t be sure I ever knew you You always knew I was of flightly, flimsy flesh So why take the words…

  • Rubble unfinished

    That’s the hardest part Picking through the rubble to find scraps of once-yellow note pad paper written and abruptly, rudely, ended: Toilet paper Apples Erasers 8 batteries Trash bags Birthday card for — The hardest heart catches itself before it does what it made to do: lie or die. (And flower and a cake for…

  • Fog

    Tonight I break my silence. This is my open letter to you. You will always be remembered as a vapor the heat-wet rising to fog the mirrors, blurring distinction: When I looked at myself in the mirror, I saw you, too. But that’s not true I saw a mirage and what I wanted to see…

  • Fatally Optimistic

    I went out with this guy once who ended up blocking me from his phone. He was very tall and good looking and ended up saying he didn’t know how to block people from his phone so it was weird that I was blocked. I just said whatev and let it go because the distance…

  • The Environmentalist

    An environmentalist college professor that he was told me It’s called climate change, not global warming Some places get colder I’m getting colder My seas are rising and my summers are shortening The end of summer came a month earlier each year, 2008-2010 August -> July -> June 2008 -> 2009 -> 2010 Next year,…

  • a transcript of the end

    [begin transcript] me: How’s work tonight? him: pretty slow him: what u doing up [it’s 2:02 am on a Sunday] me: Good question. I keep waking up. me: Are we gonna still see each other or…? him: Yah I have to you about that but don’t want to do it over text me: ok, not…

  • punched

    it was a small statement words with a gentle punch I’ll take the dogs out, he said on a Sunday morning leaving me to rest he knew I needed to rest on a Sunday morning

  • Things I’ve Learned from Various Straight Men So Far

    • his thoughts weren’t worth my penny, I decided (much too late) • if you want to keep him, don’t let him take you to Hot Springs • I’m needy • I’m weak • I’m bull-headed stubborn • if you want to get rid of him, talk about your own problems • if you like…

  • What Comes Next (Words on My Lips)

    “you know what comes next,” I say to him with a sad smile it’s a smile I think he’ll come to know well >>>>>>> on my lips a song from yesterday words not quite audible not quite decipherable the melody doing the work working the doing working the words slowly forming on my lips

  • punch

    The punchline wasn’t the real punchline Or at least it wasn’t funny She wept. Like most things It’s what comes after the punchline that matters most She wept. For him.