It's time you learn the power & history of Gold
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 to have that
so badly “
& that was one of those moments
so pure
so true
for a minute my tears stopped
my heart was whole again
& i knew i still had an abundance of love
without her
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 […]
Pamela was 15. She was sitting at Ben Frank’s on the Strip, Clutching a letter she would never have the guts to lick, seal, send. She would thank God for the downheartedness years later. She saved herself from a bourgeois trial separation from him in her thirties. But for now, She is 15 and […]
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 […]
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