Category Archives: moths

Poem: Because

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Because he began as a baby and will end as an old man because the rose has a stem and isn’t all the way rose because the looming building casts a long shadow the squat building a short and we … Continue reading →

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2 Poems: If We Woke Up One Morning / Blue Circles

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

IF WE WOKE UP ONE MORNING If we woke up one morning to find we didn’t exist would the fast be abrogated? Or be more completely fulfilled? If we were a vague fractal outline among mountain crags or mounded clouds … Continue reading →

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