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 […]
The dark still nurses its secret. But the change in the bat is inevitable even in night skies. If she’s alive now, then she was dead before. Staying put bestowing to habit, Though, like a stone, unaffected. That wasn’t it. The bat slept. Masked upon black mildew, As angels wept over dead ice. Frozen […]
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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