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I have 36 stories published in
2 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 36878 times
and 28 of my stories have been cherry picked.
jem
My stories
Kite Flying
Battering body into sky, The frame flexes but does not break, And the tail whips the airflow, So wild up there! And down here: just a pair of strings...
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In Your Own Words
Poetry is in your blood; the vinyl floor is sticky with it, An alphabet of pills stuffed into your stomach: Aspirin, Bedranol, Citalopram. I stumble...
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Other People's Houses
In one of the bright, lit up houses on my street Is a woman who doesn't spend her time wishing for what she doesn't have. Who slides her bare feet...
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Shopping for Wedding Dresses
It rained all day today the clouds were bloated and heavy and the spires of the colleges poked up into the grey stone-cold and unmoved. My friend stroked her bump and laughed her way
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