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once or twice upon a time long long ago there was a sea shell. it was white when it wasn’t blue. and pink when it wasn’t either blue or white. and sometimes red too. it lived on the shores of…

And as he sank he saw his dogs swimming up to him. Tails wagging. He was dead already. So his lungs did not put up a fight any more. The will, the wish, the instincts were all gone. No struggle…

She wasn’t pregnant. She was just kicked.  In the stomach. Hard. The baby startled into being. And came flying out of her mouth. She gagged. And brought her teeth down on the cord. And stared at her baby. Nothing registered after that. The next kicks, the ridicule, the clucking. The…

It’s the nightThe night of the batsIt’s where the lights come onWhen it’s all over Bottled batsBeating their wingsInside hard glassIt’s where the lights come onWhen it’s all over Bats outside bottlesWings against glassBeating to be let inIt’s where the…

needs are for the bodywants are for the mindeverything else you have learntcan safely be left behind needs keep you alivewants keep you goingneeds keep you healthywhile wants keep you glowing needs must be metbut wants you must getelse what…

a sad young manin a shack on a beachwas a noddin’ all wise an’ smokin’ while the world outsidewas lit with tube bulbsan’ everybody was laughin’ an’ jokin’ the sad young manlooked up at the starsand sighed like a sail…

The day was clear, the sky was blueThe breeze was blowing just right;In the midst of several othersWas one big blue kite. It was simple, with no tassels or trails,Nor with great skill did it fly;It just floated here &…

some where some time some howa little bird was born.and wasn’t it amazing?that she should be born on that particular branchon that particular treeon that particular hill?i mean she could have been born on the tree next to itor on…

feeling blueout of the blueblue to black to red to pink.not a nice pink.the pink of a scalped head.head.no two sides to this coin.

what consumes you wholewhat is the centrewhat is all, for nothing else matters,is your worse half. what is neither to your leftnor to your rightnor your top or downIS your heart. is your worse half. for worse or for worsefrom…

they were so much in lovethey did not want to share tables with anyone. they were so much in lovethey did not want to hold hands which belonged to someone else. they were so much in lovethey did not feel…

walking alongwith a road chained to my feetdunno where i’m goingor what i will meetwhere am i going?hey this is all wrongcan’t be going nowherecoz that road’s coming alongcan’t move forwardon something moving with mesomething chained to myselfof which i’ll…