Category: Words
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Your heart is a candy barI got for freeI didn’t dress up for HalloweenI just sat on the bathtub with youin the red water waiting for a moment we were already inI think I ate the whole thing there Is there some in my teeth?I wish I could throw up and try againI feel prepubescent…
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When I learned Derrick Bell wrote science fiction, I cried in my car,George Wallace screaming on Color TV 500 armed veterans and 9 black teenagersprobably still alive to vote in 2024 In the shadows of temporarily embarrassed immigrants, were my ancestors bittering,red ears in the Southern sun, with oil-gray fingernails cutting the palms of their fists Somehow…
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We’re all dying and its thoughtless to lead with, “Hey” and “What do you do for work?” I need to know: After countless lost loves, I’ve learned that I can’t fall in love, or make love; if you won’t at least answer these questions. I will.