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'as we go our separate ways'
always creates this visual in my noggin of a shadow outline of a person walking down a cold grey sidewalk next to whooshing tires in rain with the paper tear or maybe the sound of a quick zipper lopping the two down the middle droplets of white and clear reflecting the now different bits moving not in opposite directions but the opposite of opposite and one by one by one by one try to be as close to each other as they can managing the distance between and the craggles and cuts as softly and as full of pain as possible.
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In this economy

(509)
This kickboxer
who nobody calls the
silver fox
teaches spin class
and buys boxes and banners
on the internet

and I heard that Bob Mould
was paralyzed by an in-grown hair
and couldn't perform

but hey, we eat the left over cheese
take the free mp3's
and
get free tickets to fallout boy
that we can use to make a tweens
day
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keystroke

(643)
i asked
a type friend today
what the difference between
mandate and dictate might be
is this a joke? she responded
but what she meant to say
was
all the difference in the world

sometimes
while waiting for a reply
i will see the i nd ivid u a l characters come alive
gyrating like a hula girl on the dash
driving down that specific superhighway

but that's just my impatience
to ask
when i full know that to find out
means all the difference in the world.
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pariah

(612)
i password locked my phone
while on vacation
its the only thing new i did

it fills me still
with danger and intrigue
as if i've chained my thoughts, texts
minutes per call
down inside a pewter and green grid

you can't see them
and my words can't get out and
saddle up next to you
with their half truths
and thoughts on how the debit card must be hard on bums

but mostly, mostly it helps me remember
that some things should have barriers and fail safe triggers and double keys turned in unison
especially those that communicate with the rest of the world.
even things that tend to lie
smooth and silent as a paper weight
because even though i can remember the password
i can't remember to charge it full

before sleep unlocks my consciousness
and it begins talking to me
of submarines and spy masks
and
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