The city streets had begun to empty as white powdery snow fell outside. More than sixty people had crowded their way into Merit’s Coffee—far more
more love“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end of it.” (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) # One time there was a woman
more loveA tiny truth shrapnel lodged in my charnel-house heart buried in the bitter blackness a denied and silent specter once acknowledged a dangerous concession this
more love“James, wake up. I hear something.” Alice rubbed her foot against my leg. Four in the morning, in mid-January. The house was cold. My brain
more loveI skinned my knees on the pavement of your playground. Slowly, tenderly, I pick out the pebbles and wipe the blood away. Your ghostly cold
more lovei I crawl through the atlas. Its pages redundant, its mysteries solved in electrons, still I discover there that I am the lion’s twitching tail
more loveHappy Anniversary Golden Shovel form using “I Loved You Before I Was Born,”
more love“It’s funny,” he said, coughing, “but the one person I really want to see before I die is precisely the one person who won’t come.”
more loveLove is a sand star slipping through my fingers A ghost of false hopes as boys grimace and girls gaze Unrequited feelings that refuse to
more loveCaught in the magnetic field of his orbit, a flicker of uncertainty could be fatal. He takes much satisfaction from that reaction. With a voice
more loveYour vernacular razors leave me daunted all the time. Cost to hold you close is being taunted all the time. My love deified you and
more loveI Three times, Charlotte leaned against me, jumped off and walked to the pole to hug it. Every time she came back to lean against
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