LACUNA

 Entwined branches scraped across the larger of the windows like shriveled hands clawing their way into something precious while gusts of wind howled angrily through the corridors. Solomon Charnel lay in his bed so still, that one would think him to be lifeless. A cold, sleeping statue he was when it came to resting. But […]

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 I am an eighty-three year old woman. I have lived a very basic but at the same time complex life. Like every other person in their eighty’s, I can say with confidence that I have seen many things in my life. I have seen my children grow up. I have seen my children produce their […]

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 By fire’s incandescence, a ragged beggar warded himself from the cold of the night.
No sounds carried on the wind, save for a horse’s neigh and an alley cat fight.
He sipped gingerly of a cheap wine and roasted mysterious meat on a spit,
while rats watched from the shadows, weighing the odds of stealing it.
From those shadows […]

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 Most pets we’d had growing up died relatively soon after buying or receiving them and had uneventful departures from my life.   My family had had a dog, which we got rid of since he occasionally ran down the planks from our backyard fence and subsequently was caught by the “animal-catchers” (which always sounded so terrible) […]

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CHEETO
cheeto, cheeto
tiny curved delight
whenever i am down
you’re there to make it right
for cheeto, you are cheezy
yet i am much the same
but for America’s obesity
i feel you are to blame.

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TOASTER
small metal box
with artificial heat
fits all my bread
wholegrain, white and wheat
small metal box
made an inferno for my bread
leaving only remnants
in your crumb collecting bed.

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The lights in the city went out
On the street roamed a sunken movie star
No place to call home but a sour trash can
Roaming until he found a rusty waterfall
At which he stared into pools of still water
And loved his face
And wondered where all who once loved it went to
So he found comfort in the flirty […]

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Fact:
My skin adores Ra,
Some say I´m cursed
But I call it a blessing.
I am not black for black is a color
 The sprits within me raise and set on Ra´s command.
Who am I if I’m a reflection of him?
 I am Son
Factor:
 Ra shines life unto the earth and dominates the skies
He gives consul to the bird that flies […]

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These words are therapy.
They help me,
To forget the,
Things that live inside my mind.
The nightmares I find,
Of distant memories,
Of things I’ve seen,
And wish would not be,
But unfortunately,
I’m brought back to reality,
With harsh ferocity,
And unforgiving hostility.
You’d be shocked,
At the scenes I’ve blocked,
From the view of you,
And those who knew,
The truth but choose,
To lose themselves,
In their own comfort […]

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Writing takes diligence. It takes discipline and timing. Writing is not only about talent and ability, not even mostly. It is about perseverance and ego. It takes self-esteem, self-worth, and acceptance. It is about having something to say and believing that the world ought to hear it. It is about observance and experience. It is […]

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