There’s solace in the trees
where the air sways against shadowed leaves
creeping between ancient branches
deep below the bark, next to the grain,
beats a giant’s heart
I seek refuge in the trees
light-footed in the shadows,
ducking between rays of yellow white
tightly wrapped in twines and vines
I marvel at the old one’s heart

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A Swansong in Ash and Ember

I have loved from the fireline—bold, open,unafraid of the burn. I have danced the dance ofalmost-lovers,almost-timings,almost-yes. But I do not burn myselfto keep another warm.I

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John’s fat mother

John’s mother was convinced she had an influence on the weather. She had very bushy eyebrows that met in the middle, and her backside was

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Against

Inked forever a reminder to fight even as blood trickle down bruised, battered. Against the stock standard, against the norm, the expected. To be more

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