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Aubade with a Broken Beak

….. The goose is cooked, as we have grown tired of waiting for the gold. We split her in two, but inside we only found a string of things we dare not say. We shall use what’s left of the … Continue reading

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Charmed, I’m Sure

…… Praise the forest and the trees, the bubble bubble toil and troubled seas of want. Praise the dragons and the bridges, those fiery breaths and cross -ings of our hearts. Praise the ending and the start and all the … Continue reading

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Postcard Without a Voice

…. Ocean swells, casts her spell, and I am held here in a spill of moon. You left too soon. I know it’s been awhile. What I don’t know is how long? This is space is not vast enough to … Continue reading

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Postcard from the Ledge

………………………………………………Wednesday, May 3, 1482 ………………………………………………Paris, France Es, Another hump day, another ringing bell I cannot hear. These towers have grown cold without your touch. Wish you were here, and miss you much. But, I’ve a hunch I’ll see you soon … Continue reading

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Tiny Beasties

… She’s got a pea-sized trouble stuck in her craw, a bee ………………………..in her bonnet and a con -science that just ………………won’t quit. She is still waiting ………………….on her wings. No one told her ……these things (butterflies, June bugs, fairies) … Continue reading

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So You Think You Want to Learn How to Do the Happily Ever After, The End Part

… Today is a day in which I am weary, too worn to play my storied songs. You can take one and run with it, if you wish. In fact, Do. Scoop it up and wear it ’round your neck, … Continue reading

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My, This.

… It’s just too much, when every thing you touch ………..(know, new, old) turns to ……..ashes ….stone ……………..dust cold ………………hard metal.   …   .. Prompted by Quickly in September, day 25.      

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Stone the Sky and Huff

….. We’ve only got a few magic beans left, remember, Love? We sold the rest for a stray cow and a song. If the tin -tinnabulation of her dwindling bell tells you nothing else, let’s recall that here there be … Continue reading

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Kissing Frogs

Artist: Charles Burchfield   ………………………………..Consider the lily pad, mad in its moonly spill, filled with reflection and promise. Consider ………….the crane, deigning to touch down to earth when sky beckons. Con ……………………-sider the creature of habit: beating heart, rib ……………-biting … Continue reading

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In Her Hollow

….. See that forest, and those trees surrounding? They’re drowning in their own un -sea. Magic her a tiny cottage with no wailings, a trail of breadcrumbs she can bake into something with a thicker crust. Pull the ivy closer, … Continue reading

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