#choice

  • The Mirror and The Mask

    The mirror judged in silenceher eye seeing all of mein her glass painasking without speakingas to why I stood beforeher, masked and hiddenfrom her gaze. I tried to tell herit was necessary,but necessary for who?I tried to answerit kept me safebut she knew,I was as mucha danger to meas anyone elseso it was a lie…

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  • Waiting

    It’s the waiting that kills you. We should be thankful.This time they caught it early,as if a life sentence hasany other way of running out. We should be thankfulthat she fell in the showerthe crack of sudden vision loss in the steam,keep the chipped tile as a good luck charmsince they found the tumor again…

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  • The choice

    Sadly, we defunded education long agoSometime before the printing pressOr the loom, or perhapsJust after the doomsday clockPlayed a midnight symphony or two … Wait that doesn’t sound quite right.Was it before or after the avian flu?What was the price of eggs at the time?Were blonde baboons hitting golf ballsWeekly, hoping to someday hit the…

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