swimming

in out and around, with great gusto

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and another

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another painted paper collage 

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painted paper collage

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september

the last of the cucumber slices lean quietly against the wall of the glass bowl. restless or resting, it can be hard to tell when it comes to inanimate objects the a.c. clicks and whirs, the refrigerator hums and the fan blows in time with my fingers that drum one, two, three and four my body rests on a chair by the table clay, solid and still a body that knows how to be when i don’t

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sketch

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sending the 10th graders off to backpacking guide training camp with personalized notebooks

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brother

grown-up solemn

morph of mine

shoe string chopstick

beanstalk fork tine

are we close

or do i wish it

far-off fortress

did i build it

blink your morse

across the water

i’ll try my best

to listen

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my brother asleep