self portrait on a happy day
today included but was not limited to letter writing potato chips spontaneous solo adventure short stories the mountain goats spring
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WHAT THIS POEM WILL DOThis poem cannot bring you back.This poem cannot make the cloudsmove more quickly or slowly in the sky,cannot change the weather. This poemcannot return you to a happy...
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Spring Semester '12 from mimagirl on 8tracks.I made this mix based on a feeling I had one day, a feeling to do with excitement and classes and spring and dancing-or-walking and boys and girls and it...
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We ran, down the flights, out to the street below, looking up at the sky, I was reminded of another night, only this time there was something specific,A neighbor poking his head above his fence—"did...
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we'll go get a drink after, he said. if you want.dutch treat. etymology: 'The phrase "going Dutch" originates from the concept of a Dutch door. Previously on farmhouses this consisted of two equal...
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san francisco, 1970.she scratched the record, on purpose. took his pocketknife, drew a line from the inner circle to the outer. it would never play songs straight again. she felt like biting something....
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No poetry forsix months and one week.Is it seeing things in lessof a rhythm?Or seeing things less?Even this feels awkward.Reads awkwardly, too, youthink.I thinkI have been...
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As I will remember her, she had wide blue eyes and curly-curls and had gotten her first ever fake tan, which was starting to peel, and which she said she loved, and she said boys definitely noticed her...
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last night i dreamed a love poem —i dream these, sometimes.the face is never very important, although i doubtfreud'd agree, and the fact thatlast night the face was yoursshouldn't hold any special...
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INBOX (2,761 Unread Emails)"URGENT: Amsterdam""Ricardo replied to Erica J.'s comment...""Save 40% off Tees and Hoodies!""Re: tuesday night when i'm with you""We're Happy Because You're Happy""Re: Story...
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it is times like these when i can feel all the poetry seeping out of my body.a week ago i was hanging out with a bunch of first graders.in a classroom, i read to them. "my brother's name is aaron,"one...
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I Ask Percy How I Should Live My LifeMary OliverLove, love, love, says Percy.And hurry as fast as you canalong the shining beach, or the rubble, or the dust.Then, go to sleep.Give up your body heat,...
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we're sampling drinks. there are dozens to choose from. there's an almond liqueur that we deem too sweet (we, who like sweet wines). there's a vanilla jack daniels...a spiced rum...do you sense a...
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