red_things
jane 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 		070910
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cr0wl pom, cardinals, shame 090113
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jane zinfandel 090113
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no reason flushed faces 090113
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unhinged fleece blanket
glass vase
throw rugs


splashes of it all over my place 		090114
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eatingstars 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 		090114
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jane blather_red 090115
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raze amaryllis
lobsters
cayenne peppers
the numbers on my alarm clock
cherry_hearts
beetroot 		211111
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tender_square stop lights
japanese maples
ben’s shirt during our literacy session
a piece of thread i pulled from my mouth
this love 		211112
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tender_square the burning tip of an incense stick
classic cherry chapstick
a crayola colored pencil
a notebook cover
my screen 		211203
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raze the thin elastic band
that fell at my feet
while i warmed my hands
with pouches of activated carbon 		220206
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raze the chromatic tuner clipped to the headstock of this sixty-seven-year-old gibson, telling me which way to turn the tuning pegs. 220207
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raze 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). 220208
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tender_square a cardinal perched outside my window, so red he shines like a ruby, so bulbous he looks like a beating heart. 220208
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epitome of incomprehensibility 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 		220216
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past cheeks in the cold 220216
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Bizzar anger 220222
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Bizzar my cheeks when i am with him, and then days after. 220222
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raze the plot area of a graph that charts a series of collective movements made in what's passed of the year so far. 220225
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raze garnet. 220226
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raze the single flower in bloom on the anthurium that now sits in the closest thing this house has to a living room. 220312
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past our new car 220312
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kerry my sofa 220312
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e_o_i the button-shaped satellite in my dream that projected a red laser light across the night sky 220312
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tender_square the berry blink of hazards on a stopped school bus. 220323
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raze the paper cut on the knuckle of my left thumb. 220328
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past the bucket on the otherwise yellow excavator. 220328
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kerry my lips stained from beet salad 220328
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tender_square the bloodied stump of a tree where a limb had been hacked off, painted red to prevent disease. 220402
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raze a leaf two houses over, so brilliant i mistook it for a bird. 220413
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tender_square my wool winter jacket soaking in the sun, its color bouncing off the finish of hardwood floors in dazzling light. 220414
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tender_square an oak leaf slouched and dying in the gutter, splashed with a bright slash of red across its chest. 220415
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tender_square a burgundy strand of yarn clinging to a blue-knitted blanket. 220416
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tender_square 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. 220501
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past the thorax of the ants making their home in (and further weakening) the porch_blathing chair. 220501
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raze the drawstring that loops through this pair of boxer pants. 220502
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tender_square pulling a series of five consecutive red m&m's from the bag like a magician. 220505
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kerry my heels before the suede of my moccasins has broken in 220505
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tender_square the series of raised lithe lines across my upper thigh, scratches from penny’s puppy paws. 220510
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past the newly emergent leaves on the big maple tree. 220513
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raze the rooster on my bookshelf. 220515
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tender_square 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.” 220517
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raze the excess fuel i just spat into the sink. 220518
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tender_square the male cherry barb fish at shedd aquarium turning redder to catch a female's eye. 220519
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tender_square a five-pointed star seen_on_the_sidewalk. 220603
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raze nine letters on the spine of the book to my left. 220604
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tender_square an industrious arachnid climbing gravel with eight backhoe legs. 220617
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past the male cardinal eating at the feeder out my window. 220617
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tender_square a crayola marker without a cap, tip dried. a devilish smiley face spray-painted onto a canvas of pavement. a lasso of licorice rope. 220627
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tender_square a toy city bus abandoned in the grass. 220628
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tender_square 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. 220630
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raze my new underwear. 220630
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tender_square 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. 		220717
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e_o_i 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.) 		220717
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tender_square shards of a contigo traveler, littered like a broken brake light. 220725
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kerry the backs of my sunburned legs 220725
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raze the duo-tang that kept my words hidden in a dream last night. 220726
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tender_square a tube of dr. pepper flavoured lip balm. 220726
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tender_square 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. 		220804
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tender_square a pizzeria’s neon sign burning its name into the eyes of darkness. 220817
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raze an unused dry cell battery. 220818
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tender_square patio umbrellas heat printed with white beer insignias. 220818
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raze the songbird standing on my dresser. 220819
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tender_square 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. 220821
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tender_square the poker chips a dream passerby deposited into my upturned hand at a zellers. 220828
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raze the sting the scissors gave to the filthiest part of my left hand. 220901
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tender_square the potted bromeliad purchased at the grocer.

the full patio at the coffee shop.

the t-shirt framing my love’s limbs. 		220902
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tender_square 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. 		220913
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tender_square thumbtacks. 220929
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tender_square my parent’s living room sofa.

matte lipstick flecking off my dried lips.

grape tomatoes smuggled across the border. 		221007
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Soma 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. 		221008
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tender_square “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. 221019
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tender_square a puddle of acrylic paint longing for application. a bushel of mums in a bucket. erin’s matching tank top and sweater combo. 221023
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tender_square 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. 221030
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tender_square my maybelline matte-wear lips.
my sally-jessy-raphael glasses.
my microsuede d'orsay flats. 		221031
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tender_square my wool jacket;
my long spun-cotton sweater;
my sloan “commonwealth” tee.
(all pieces of me i’m leaving behind in canada.) 		221103
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tender_square 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. 		230121
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past splatters of pizza sauce on the floor, the remaining sign of a slice dropped during yesterday's party. 230122
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tender_square 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. 230220
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tender_square 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. 		230310
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tender_square 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. 		230314
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raze droplets of the mysterious fluid that's shown up twice now in my back yard without explanation. 230315
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raze the flashlight that sleeps beside me in my bed. 230907
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raze the pencil sharpener on my dresser. 240505
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