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Romantic Love
City Chickens
I never thought // I’d end up like this, domesticated as a pet lamb, / with a mate who worries our hundred-year-old house // needs new everything, shingles to foundation.
June 2026
Practicing
Taking piano lessons, learning to speak Russian, seeking enlightenment
May 2026
My Bowstring Heart
On the field I was all animal instinct and brute force—a bruiser, a bone breaker. Every tackle was a rebuke against a life where fathers die. When I played rugby, I wasn’t a broke, lost little girl. I wasn’t a struggling amateur writer. I had goals. I was a winner. I was MVP. I was someone.
May 2026
Four of Cups
Maybe it was a mistake choosing such a solemn and contemplative place. Raising your voice above a whisper feels like an intrusion. The entrance branches into different rooms, leading you through multiple cultures and eras. You can move through time, follow the various paths available to you. You pick a direction and go.
April 2026
Pockets
Shoplifting cigarettes, running the pool table, creating a “pocket prairie”
March 2026
Indecision
“Whether you go up the ladder or down it,” / says the Tao, “your position is shaky.”
March 2026
Love Language
I read somewhere that most men receive flowers / for the first time at their funeral. So I filled a vase / in your apartment with puckered roses
February 2026Stirring the Pot
Leading a strike, starting trouble between sisters, feeding strangers
January 2026
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