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ballet slippers and childhood dreams

Ballet Slippers and Childhood dreams

100 junkie nights

Take a 'mountain dew' can and a thumb tack: a practiced hand can turn it into a pipe in a few minutes, bent just right, half a square inch of tightly packed holes, a slightly torn baggie,

THE OINTMENT

THE PAIN OF UNFULFILLED LOVE NEVER GOES

There is only today

There is only today This is what I tell myself each morning I wake My eyes open to my prison once more The curse leaves my lips There is only today

Angels

spiritual angels

Us soldiers of war

Us soldiers of war we stand up and fight were always alert though the day and the night Eating our rashions no more do they spare just waiting and watching whos that over there

The Last Pureblood

Right side up again

Ruth risks rejection when she revisits the sexy fisherman she spent the night with when the clocks changed.

Butterfly Kisses

Butterfly kisses Sweet and strong Butterfly kisses All night long Keeping me warm In loving arms Keeping me warm Far from harm Soft touches Tender and kind Soft touches

third law

nights like fissures make me realize all we’ve lost little girls lose their naïveté cruel human nature divulged little boys lose their possibilities presented the sanctioned formulas

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