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Paderborn of '16
Joined March 2013
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Breath like marbles, like drops of green glass bruising tender throats & papery lungs Swallow rose petals, to soothe soft caramels & bitter almond words Follow sleep down, dark channels to warm stories with wolfish heroes
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#vss365 I sat in the corner eating whilst everybody else laughed It wasn’t easy making friends at lake high, nearly everyone’s popular except me. But I don’t care, I have the voice inside my head. I got up to leave, then it #spoke I turn towards everybody Now who’s laughthing?
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One last breath. Our son is still. My wife grabs me. "Do it!" "No! If I could pay the price myself—" "You can't!" She kneels. "For him. For me." I don't #speak the spell; I howl it. My wife smiles as she falls. Life leaves her eyes. Our son sits up. "Mama?" #vss365 #satsplat
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We must've angered the gods, for the rains failed to come. Clouds of dust rolled over fields of dying #crops, desperate for a drop to drink. Just like those plants, we withered and fell, one by one, until enough death paid for our sins. Only then did the sky shed tears. #vss365
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There was a girl I used to know who always wore sleeves with the #cuffs buttoned. Her foster dad used her as a punching bag & ashtray. I’m reminded of her whenever I see my arms-the same exact #grate of scars. Couldn’t accept it then-but ‘She’ was actually Me. #BraveWrite #vss365
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“Get him, Haskins.” “On what charge, sir?” “Assault and Battery.” “Can’t you do it, sir?” “In my current state? I can’t volt that fence.” “Are you positive?” “Wire you questioning me?” “Watt do you mean, sir?” “We always seem to have different points of #fuse.” #vss365
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I befriended a sad dying star. By the end, I had to hold it to keep it warm. "Hey," I said. "Light years away, someone is gazing at the night sky, seeing you in your pomp. A radiant, fiery ball of energy..." It sobbed a neutron sob. Then I felt it go cold in my arms. #vss365
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Taste me on your tongue as you say the words that come from the depths of want give them wings & memories seeds for saplings, sate for yore. nectar nuzzles warbles in the spring lovebirds
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“Aren’t they horrid sir?” “What are, Haskins?” “The #ravens. I mean I know it’s tradition to have them at the Tower, but why not swans? Or ostriches?” “The Tower of London ostrich?” “Oh yuck, that one’s eating raw meat.” “Carrion, Haskins.” “No, I’ve finished.” #vss365
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From beyond the grave. The ghosts and ghouls misbehave. They wail and weep. It is impossible to sleep. They all join in The Graveyard Rave. #vss365
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“So they’re a cult, sir?” “A very twisted one, Haskins. They’re convinced that kicking puppies will gain them #eternal life.” “It won’t will it?” “No, it’s all a scam.” “I think I prefer atheism, sir.” “Why’s that then.” “Because it’s a non-prophet organisation.” #vss365
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I fell down a trap door in the floor of the universe. The cellar down here is full of disused stars, old gravity and musty time, all coated in layers of moon dust. The only thing I can do to alleviate my eternal boredom is to shift that dust, using the vacuum of space. #vss365
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don’t call me the soil the loam you know who i am the dust of zinc the windblown skin of the land pond wake muddies my task & hungover hogs bathe away noon the gods carry me in a flask slurping the ocher of June starry orphans up in the vert your home is me—the dirt #vss365
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He’s been missing 6 years, since the twister of ‘23. Now he’s on our porch, covered in Oklahoma-red #dirt. I kiss him. His mouth tastes of clay soil. I pull back. I’m panting, but his chest is still. I take his cold hand & swallow my questions. He’s home, oh, he’s home. #vss365
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"Moron!" "Chowderhead!" "Idiot!" "Lummox!" The other books in the library hated it when the dictionary argued with the thesaurus. "Eat me!" "#Devour me!" Neither was the concise edition. Once those two got started, it could easily go on for days... #vss365
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“What do you want?” “I want you to #devour my words. Gorge yourself on paragraphs & chapters until you finish. Then, words dripping down your quivering chin, I want you to beg for more.” He adjusts his apron. “Um, OK. What do you want to drink?” “Oh. Coffee, please.” #vss365
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MY POLTERGEIST: Do you think I’m spooky? ME: I think you’re trying hard to be spooky and I appreciate that about you. MY POLTERGEIST: Did you see I opened all your cupboards? ME: I did see that, bud! And thank you for putting the dishes away.
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I swear I have the most amazing community ever 💜
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Three words begin Two of us alone together Along linger lie thru thick & thin Til conversation dwindles to weather & I wonder then whether you & I made heavy clouds from kept back tears n cups of tea How did two of us turn away & become lonely #Vss365
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I'm not mad Not really I just listen Perhaps too much To the voices Spend too long With their echoes Alone with the ethos Of my unfinished thoughts I'm not mad And the voices aren't loud At least not so loud As the remembered silence #vss365
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