ylake
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Y Lake
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Half a Cup
I thought you were Midas’s son, how you could gild my days with your presence, your touch. Your breath as you slept filled the room with a golden...
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Spanish Civil War Exhibition
Beneath the post-card sized lives, ‘Autor desconegut’. Coarse shirts and pinafores camouflage men and women by the rubble of the polling booth. Untaught smiles for the camera,
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The Classroom Spring
In winter months, weather maps surrender muffled shores, tears roll down clouds that pout, like grey, soggy handkerchiefs wrung out, flamenco footsteps hammer on the roof;
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Portraiture
A jewel-laden snake encircles her golden throat, bangles grasp her arm like an eagle’s claw, heavy-lids, parted lips, she inhales victory, caresses the head she holds beneath her bare breast,
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Drama Class
Droplets of water in drama class evaporate from wooden floors I tried to be petite girls in polo necks carefree shadows springing in black tights painting afternoon stripes
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