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One scar for each marathon
Feet sliding, not dragging. His mind ain't slipping but his ears aren't well hearing. I watch him talk on the phone while I listen to the...

Sean
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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A Blank Room
A blank room, a canvas. Three beds nicely tucked waiting for their next patients. Food comes in, cold sweaty steamed food. Half touched,...
Adam Meskill
Feb 25, 20241 min read
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I picked these flowers for you
Hiking two thousand five-hundred meters above sea level and surrounded by mountains, I spot these two small flowers. They are each...

Sean
Feb 23, 20244 min read
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Seated by the Cat
I walk into the living room where my mom and dad are already sitting. Couches surround the leather ottoman that makes up the center...

Sean
Oct 12, 20223 min read
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Sleep Captive
Where mountains meet sky, spells cease to ride. Some embers stay lit, and burn up my high. A frivolous life instead, I am keen to...

SirJohnKneeNock
Oct 12, 20222 min read
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The Space Cowboys
Planetary rust, space cattle, and moon dust. Were the only ones here, my bestest of kin. Sent by life or death, because of our sin. We...

SirJohnKneeNock
Aug 21, 20221 min read
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Coffee shop blues 3/25
I have the coffee shop blues... If you've stayed in a coffee shop long enough, with an empty cup and a wandering mind, you know exactly...

jennifleur
Mar 27, 20221 min read
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One Chance
I see you from across the room and a million thoughts run through my head. There are so many things I want to say, but instead I narrow...

nickrclo
Mar 13, 20221 min read
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Adding Up Yesterday: travel notes
Yesterday we played chess waiting in line to board a plane. 10 to 19 moves towards check in, a boarding pass interruption and passport...

jennifleur
Jan 11, 20221 min read
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Departure
Across a deep blue ocean, a never ending sky, my feet are planted in the dry dirt where I'll begin my journey. Tonight, one billion stars...

jennifleur
Jan 11, 20221 min read
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Lost Control
I have her hair wrapped in my hand and leave signs on her, my brand. Smooth as silk or rough like sand My second in command. Addicted to...
pk
Jan 1, 20221 min read
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Thinking out loud in Perigord
45 limestone bricks stacked over a fireplace. Wooden dreams burn at the sight of a cold family. A fox screams in the brush when a father...

jennifleur
Jan 1, 20221 min read
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Voyage
Creasing the script paper, firm folded edges fortified words within. Endorsed with a stroke of black ink, ruminating thoughts now...

SirJohnKneeNock
Dec 28, 20211 min read
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Winter in La Teste de Buche
This winter comes with the sounds of a man sitting on a straw chair that sinks into sandy dunes strumming a guitar to the beat of...

jennifleur
Dec 27, 20211 min read
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Xmas Bad Boy Haiku
Not on good boy roll Santa dissed me once again Just a lump of coal
D. Chris E.
Dec 25, 20211 min read
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My Escape
Fullfilment I seek, though fleeting, fading. Dodging the avalanche of time I capture each precious moment, Entombed forever in memory....
D. Chris E.
Dec 21, 20211 min read
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The Vegan
Motionless at the shell, Fidgeting within but no one can tell. Fly on the wall, I sit and I wait. For movement below, I will seal their...

SirJohnKneeNock
Dec 20, 20211 min read
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