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• Poetry, Vol2, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2009

  sunny-side down

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  He thinks: it was thoughtful of her
  to say yes when nobody’s looking.
  Slumped across his plate
  is the squelched dreamy yellow
  of fake pearls and sunsets.
  The tines of his fork trespass,
  unbutton, catch the light.

• Poetry, Vol2, Issue2 - Fall/Winter 2009

  Dispersal

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  We believe that the floor will hold, will
  remain flat, so we can trample it all day.
  But every surface tries to shake us off.
  The white horses are ferrying the seasons.
  The wild roses are wilting away; in a year, we
  will learn to love the husks which they have left
  behind. Then we imagine forgiveness disappearing
  among the sun-scarred children […]