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red_things
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jane
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pomegranates blood cherries strawberries cranberries tylenol bottle my folder my "file copy" stamp in the 2004 election, the middle states uh... roses, sometimes lipstick, sometimes
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070910
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cr0wl
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pom, cardinals, shame
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090113
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jane
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zinfandel
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090113
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no reason
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flushed faces
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090113
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unhinged
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fleece blanket glass vase throw rugs splashes of it all over my place
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090114
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eatingstars
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away in the corner is a canvas deep in red an accumulation of anger it is visible in your eyes visible in your guarded movements soon there will be a ladder leading out of the red sea
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090114
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jane
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blather_red
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090115
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raze
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amaryllis lobsters cayenne peppers the numbers on my alarm clock cherry_hearts beetroot
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211111
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tender_square
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stop lights japanese maples ben’s shirt during our literacy session a piece of thread i pulled from my mouth this love
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211112
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tender_square
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the burning tip of an incense stick classic cherry chapstick a crayola colored pencil a notebook cover my screen
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211203
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raze
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the thin elastic band that fell at my feet while i warmed my hands with pouches of activated carbon
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220206
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raze
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the chromatic tuner clipped to the headstock of this sixty-seven-year-old gibson, telling me which way to turn the tuning pegs.
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220207
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raze
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the wound on the skin around the knuckle of the first finger on my right hand after i smacked it into my dvd player this morning without meaning to (i don't walk around abusing optical drives just for something to do).
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220208
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tender_square
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a cardinal perched outside my window, so red he shines like a ruby, so bulbous he looks like a beating heart.
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220208
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epitome of incomprehensibility
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And you have rubies + hearts here too, like in the_good_shall_go_unnoticed! -red_dress -tablecloth -the binding of David's thesis -cinnamon's synecdoche in Christmas or Valentine flavouring
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220216
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past
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cheeks in the cold
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220216
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Bizzar
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anger
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220222
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Bizzar
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my cheeks when i am with him, and then days after.
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220222
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raze
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the plot area of a graph that charts a series of collective movements made in what's passed of the year so far.
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220225
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raze
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garnet.
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220226
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raze
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the single flower in bloom on the anthurium that now sits in the closest thing this house has to a living room.
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220312
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past
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our new car
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220312
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kerry
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my sofa
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220312
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e_o_i
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the button-shaped satellite in my dream that projected a red laser light across the night sky
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220312
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tender_square
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the berry blink of hazards on a stopped school bus.
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220323
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raze
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the paper cut on the knuckle of my left thumb.
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220328
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past
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the bucket on the otherwise yellow excavator.
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220328
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kerry
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my lips stained from beet salad
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220328
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tender_square
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the bloodied stump of a tree where a limb had been hacked off, painted red to prevent disease.
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220402
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raze
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a leaf two houses over, so brilliant i mistook it for a bird.
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220413
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tender_square
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my wool winter jacket soaking in the sun, its color bouncing off the finish of hardwood floors in dazzling light.
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220414
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tender_square
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an oak leaf slouched and dying in the gutter, splashed with a bright slash of red across its chest.
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220415
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tender_square
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a burgundy strand of yarn clinging to a blue-knitted blanket.
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220416
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tender_square
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a tattered moving strap fused with the truck of a tree; the heavy-duty nylon wrapped an unearthly semi-circle around the base, dipped under a metropolis of roots, before emerging as a loose tongue out the other side.
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220501
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past
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the thorax of the ants making their home in (and further weakening) the porch_blathing chair.
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220501
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raze
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the drawstring that loops through this pair of boxer pants.
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220502
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tender_square
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pulling a series of five consecutive red m&m's from the bag like a magician.
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220505
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kerry
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my heels before the suede of my moccasins has broken in
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220505
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tender_square
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the series of raised lithe lines across my upper thigh, scratches from penny’s puppy paws.
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220510
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past
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the newly emergent leaves on the big maple tree.
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220513
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raze
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the rooster on my bookshelf.
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220515
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tender_square
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seen_on_the_sidewalk by a streetcar stop printed with the antique tuscan typography used in ouija boards, the words “surround myself with positive people.”
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220517
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raze
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the excess fuel i just spat into the sink.
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220518
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tender_square
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the male cherry barb fish at shedd aquarium turning redder to catch a female's eye.
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220519
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tender_square
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a five-pointed star seen_on_the_sidewalk.
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220603
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raze
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nine letters on the spine of the book to my left.
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220604
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tender_square
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an industrious arachnid climbing gravel with eight backhoe legs.
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220617
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past
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the male cardinal eating at the feeder out my window.
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220617
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tender_square
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a crayola marker without a cap, tip dried. a devilish smiley face spray-painted onto a canvas of pavement. a lasso of licorice rope.
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220627
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tender_square
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a toy city bus abandoned in the grass.
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220628
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tender_square
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a stake for blushing “brandywine” tomatoes. a pinnatifid leaf rusted with pools of green and brown. the smear on my forearm after smacking a mosquito dead.
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220630
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raze
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my new underwear.
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220630
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tender_square
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a hunk of raw red jasper. the curtains framing my office window. the polystyrene dress of a timmy ho-ho’s cup. a thread given in promise.
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220717
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e_o_i
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Several spines of books on the shelf in front of me: The Anglo guide to survival in Quebec Death in the Peaceable Kingdom Explore Canada First Aid Reference Guide Michelangelo The British Empire (I'm waiting for my online student and she isn't showing up. Guess I'll have to call my boss.)
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220717
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tender_square
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shards of a contigo traveler, littered like a broken brake light.
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220725
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kerry
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the backs of my sunburned legs
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220725
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raze
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the duo-tang that kept my words hidden in a dream last night.
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220726
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tender_square
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a tube of dr. pepper flavoured lip balm.
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220726
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tender_square
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a sweet cherry tomato plucked from the vine of doug's expansive plant. a sudden nosebleed. my blazer that amanda writes i "better feel fierce" in.
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220804
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tender_square
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a pizzeria’s neon sign burning its name into the eyes of darkness.
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220817
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raze
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an unused dry cell battery.
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220818
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tender_square
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patio umbrellas heat printed with white beer insignias.
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220818
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raze
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the songbird standing on my dresser.
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220819
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tender_square
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the pile of ketchup inexplicably left on a driveway from a hooded and masked woman who attempted to break into a garage for forty minutes in broad daylight.
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220821
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tender_square
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the poker chips a dream passerby deposited into my upturned hand at a zellers.
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220828
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raze
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the sting the scissors gave to the filthiest part of my left hand.
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220901
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tender_square
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the potted bromeliad purchased at the grocer. the full patio at the coffee shop. the t-shirt framing my love’s limbs.
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220902
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tender_square
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the liverpool shirt he stripped when i told him i wanted to leave. the scarlet letter a broken stick scratched into my ankle when anger-walking.
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220913
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tender_square
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thumbtacks.
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220929
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tender_square
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my parent’s living room sofa. matte lipstick flecking off my dried lips. grape tomatoes smuggled across the border.
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221007
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Soma
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The tomatoes, ketchup, and bell peppers The logo on the loaf of bread, The soda cans and the chocolate wrappers The lotion tubes I bought in bulk The milk crate in which I piled all of the above, to give away. The pen that writes down what I ate, and wearily logs the date. The silicone on the corners of the cutting board that sits on my kitchen counter. The elbow-length kitchen gloves I wear to try and keep myself from accidentally touching anything. The hives on my arms. And theoretically, my eyes, from crying if life dares to fucking tell me that I'm allergic to miracle medicine they prescribed.
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221008
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tender_square
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“i put some red pants on hold here yesterday,” the shopper told the sales clerk. she tried on the high-waisted burgundy bell bottoms for her boyfriend and looked at herself in the mirror from all angles, scrutinizing.
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221019
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tender_square
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a puddle of acrylic paint longing for application. a bushel of mums in a bucket. erin’s matching tank top and sweater combo.
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221023
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tender_square
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a spot of blood where the bread knife nicked my thumb. cherry fingernails that were painted in sunday boredom. twinned leaves on the forest floor, wrapped up the way our bodies will be.
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221030
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tender_square
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my maybelline matte-wear lips. my sally-jessy-raphael glasses. my microsuede d'orsay flats.
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221031
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tender_square
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my wool jacket; my long spun-cotton sweater; my sloan “commonwealth” tee. (all pieces of me i’m leaving behind in canada.)
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221103
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tender_square
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a broken strap from a lost harness hanging on a fence post. the tip of passerby's nose, wind-tickled. the rim of a child’s plastic basketball net overturned against the grass. a recycle bin at the curb two days too late.
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230121
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past
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splatters of pizza sauce on the floor, the remaining sign of a slice dropped during yesterday's party.
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230122
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tender_square
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an irritated splotch on the back of my grandmother's neck. her silver hair is so coarse and her skin so delicately crepey that the tail of her french braid was bothering her.
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230220
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tender_square
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a spaghetti strap dress with a plunging neckline and showgirl fringe on the boutique rack. a pair of drinking glasses emblazoned with hearts and diamonds, as part of a set with spades and clubs. red stiletto ankle strap pumps amanda modeled but opted not to buy when no occassion exists to wear them.
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230310
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tender_square
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the cranberry and cream striped pillow from the patio set. the ruby scarf wrapped around two amorous cartoon cats who won't be separated. our lips puckering like young guppies.
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230314
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raze
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droplets of the mysterious fluid that's shown up twice now in my back yard without explanation.
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230315
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raze
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the flashlight that sleeps beside me in my bed.
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230907
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raze
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the pencil sharpener on my dresser.
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240505
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raze
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the hard candy dissolving on my tongue.
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240611
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what's it to you?
who
go
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blather
from
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