Writing until the light goes out

Writing until the light goes out

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Writing until the light goes out
Writing until the light goes out
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #4
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New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #4

Two new poems from a potential new collection...

May 30, 2024
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Writing until the light goes out
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New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #4
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She’s put Trixie in the drawer
alongside blurred memories
and some neatly-folded remnants
of the person she used to be
into which she can no longer fit.
When did she last try them on,
a final dance before the mirror of imaginary men?

It doesn’t matter,
the Internet is her scrapbook.

In the supermarket chiller aisle
she watches mothers …

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