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high school poetry

it was only high school poetry. it was only you with your august eyes and us with our tuesday love. we had gold in our eyes and lead on our papers but we were far too brave to write in pencil. we had gold on our palms and lead on our fingers but we washed our hands every sunday. we had black on...

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Flight 175

My dad was stranded in China and then Australia for a few days. No flights coming into the US. My mom was ironing and crying and the television was far too loud. He missed my 5th birthday, and I refused to open presents until he was home. At least he came home. ...

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and next.

I didn't read enough books when I was 18. But I emptied more than my share of gas tanks. I wanted to be good at everything, because when I was 17 I was. I liked white shirts with collars and jeans with holes but I never liked my skin. My best friends only spoke to me on Mondays, I painted high school across...

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