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I’ve been writing more often, and it usually turns out to be a slam. It isn’t always a slam poem, so to say, but I feel the term slam can work for my work as well.

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The burden of immortality / Oct. 19, 2018

19 Oct 2018August 6, 2020
Have you heard of the nymph biding her time at the bottom of the watery abyss? It is said that she has seen monarchs and wars pass like the leaves…
poetry

Oct. 18, 2018

18 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
My existence doesn't rely on the patronage of friendship.I am not your yes man,your 2am,your ride or die.Am not your sometimes,your spare timesif you won't be mine.So then for now,…
poetry

Ace / Oct. 17, 2018

17 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
I drink more than I orgasm,which just makes me sound like an alcoholic.Maybe I am an alcoholic.Sex is too much for me,or not enough, depending on how you understand sex.Instead,…
poetry

Namaka / Oct. 16, 2018

16 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
My dad used to take my sister and Iseaside to you.Before we'd even touch your waters,he'd sit us down to pray,for no matter how rough you could get,we'd take the…
poetry

Oct. 15, 2018

15 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
5pm in the bar is always empty, mind some on their way to their night jobsor the truly civil alcoholics.The low light hides the grimeand bitter taste of drinking alone,though the…
poetry

Hakumai 米 / Oct. 14, 2018

14 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
I know what it is to have rootsbecause I know what it is to eat rice.It tastes like homeand two thousands years of tradition.So sister, come home to me. We will…
poetry

Oct. 13, 2018

13 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
Intelligence is understanding Shakespeare,or at least wanting to. It is knowing when to speak up and the effect of our words:A word well placed can make someone fall in loveor…
poetry

The Case of New York City / Oct. 12, 2018

12 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
The city is an infectious disease. We all know this. Filled with strangers, used coffee cups,and a whole community of rats thriving in the MTA subway system.Every day, there are hundreds of…
poetry

Oct. 11, 2018

11 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
You'd be so nice to come home to.Too bad you exist in my pipe dream. Insanity is in,and I'm too crazy for you. Never will I be worthy of the luxuryor comfort…
poetry

Ms. Mayo / Second First Kiss. Oct. 10, 2018

10 Oct 2018August 7, 2020
One hand on my cheekand one on my jaw,you grounded me in the void of our friend's closet. Your lips on mine,like clouds on fire. Oh my, miss. Even now,…

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