melissa

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I have a notebook that I am using to jot down the lines and ideas and partial poems that come to me. For a while, I just kept a word document up on my screen at work and wrote things on there, but it was obnoxious to have to email it to  myself every day, … Read more

To a Child Never Born

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I knew your name Before I knew your father. Keiyah Marie Named after Arthur’s brother and a cat. It would have made you laugh when I told you. He dreamed of you after we met. Woke me up talking to you in his sleep. You wouldn’t stay out of the dog’s food. We named your … Read more

Driving Me Away

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“Is he ok with me talking to you?” A question sends me into A simple question, instant anger. You are my love, not my owner. I don’t need your permission to talk to anyone. I stay because I want to stay. When I’m done, I’ll go. Your suspicions infuriate me. I could talk forever and … Read more