merlot and oh what a ride to hell

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vines of ice climbing the walls of dreams

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an anvil falls to the ocean’s floor. Such is regret

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faith of a mustard seed fistfight

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of plums and dragons. Gimme it all

*Published in Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant 2021

 peace until theraintheraintheraintherain

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blank canvas but you chose the knife

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between stars. rivers. the years disintegrate.

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side eyeing the past present tense

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moon. silver. your makeshift gods.

*Published in Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant 2021

 this body. slab of granite. breaks.

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here i am. rising sun. atomic bomb.

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time slows the black of winter rain

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just yr average nuclear family reaction

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why days pummel me into dust i want to know

*Published in Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant 2021

 radiation in my blood your blood

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atlas

but have you

carried shame

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it was only a pinch. throat punch. apocalypse.

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every soul untethered but thanks for shopping

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a bullet cuts the night alone with these thoughts

*Published in Ant Ant Ant Ant Ant 2021

**every soul was reprinted in Haiku 2022 (Modern Haiku Press)