GoldDust Magazine

It's time you learn the power & history of Gold

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alone

i cook elaborate meals for one i sprawl across the entirety of my bed i pet my purring feline nestled in the curve of my legs i treat myself to solo trips to the movie theater, popcorn included i scroll through my phone for too long, put it down, pick it up moments later i […]

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1.20.19

i’m here i’m doing it do you ever think wow i would have never never never done this a year ago but now i’m here i’m doing it i’m growing roots deeper stronger branches longer closer to the sun every day do you ever look in the mirror at your naked body & smile & […]

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i am a body of water

  i am a body of water   a child of the port born under the sun the scent of the ocean always lingering   i am a body of water   the same stream my ancestors used to wash their bodies rinse their hands give them life   i am a body of water […]

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i want the type of lover

i want the type of lover   who offers to cook dinner washes the dishes ties my shoelaces makes the bed blows out the candles takes out the trash turns off the tv folds up the blanket because they see   sometimes i am too tired to

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an apologetic love letter

i stare at you in the mirror the thing i know best most personally most intimately most romantically   mossy emerald eyes complimented by strangers often & repeatedly “ are you wearing contacts? ”   the eyebrows above them filled in with precision daily now a part of my identity   a small cluster of […]

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About You

  it was late november & probably only 20° out but i was so hot & anxious about an early morning at work that i couldn’t sleep   instead i thought about you   i thought about telling you what happened with my ex & what i had learned from it & everything i need […]

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Home

      something about heat a hot climate makes my soul & my body feel more connected more whole free   less clothes feeling my skin on more skin on my surroundings being touched by the sun the sky the wind soaking it into my pores   the sun turns into makeup a natural […]

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My Best Friend

  when we broke up i remember telling you what had happened with tears in my eyes over the phone you had an abrupt short burst of tears & you said something like “ i’m just so mad at her because you don’t deserve this & you were so happy & i just want you […]

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Do You Have a Boyfriend?

“ do you have a boyfriend? “   he asked & i said “no, but i’m talking to a girl”   then he told me a guy broke my heart but a woman can’t give me *he clapped his hands together* what a man can   & i wish i had said   ” no, […]

The Feeding

A dusty fan circulated across the room from one end to the other. It’s been a while since Augustus put it to use, so he couldn’t blame the junk for its inability to remember its single duty. Arkansas hasn’t had a summer night like this since he was a child. He lay in his damp […]

LIFE, and Death, and Giants

Life we wake into, Move about to, then die. So still, so cool. Till a Giant proclaims a color to wheat, Will we see beyond this red heat. Such as these are still.         In honor of Emily Dickinson’s birthday.

I Was Lying in the Sun

  I was lying in the sun, Near juniper shrubs and storybook villas. Not enough profit and pleasure in the telling of, The tapping of a cigarette, The brush of bare knees, A long draught of wine, Closing the shutters on balconies, With blinds made of lace at Angel’s Bay. Red watermelon hues. I’ve read […]