Pet

cinnamon raisin bagel

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higher and higher

shoreline is low

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2 more dreams

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and

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shot through the foot with an arrow

straight through the callus

breaking off like wax

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looking for my dad

looking for my mom

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jello pie ingredients

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a chain of paintbrushes

around my wrist and

rusty clasp

braids and 300 hundred paint brushes

braids in her hair and then braids in mine

paint brushes that collapse

paint brushes with 10 tips

(Carnation Milk)

(Butter on the Counter)

kicked back

over&over

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not to minimize

but to reframe

i have so many dreams w u

soo many

(for memories to flow backwards

there were so many of you this time

the last time i counted you were 7 birds

before that, you were 1 giant pidgeon

sitting in my palm, fluffed up and warm

looking at me

i miss you soo much

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