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Oct.29.2012 Pieces of Sky October 29 PIECES OF SKY The sky falls in pieces and clutters around my feet. Scattered are the moon, stars and sun. Fear and desire have consumed all the rest. Great tides of resentment wash away reality and replace it with illusion and...	Jul.11.2012 Spontaneous Generation July 11 SPONTANEOUS GENERATION Dust under the bed turns into bugs. My grandfather believed in these alchemies of myth. I thought myself free from the small witchcrafts of threat. The longer I stay sober, the more real is the insidious nature of my disease....
Oct.30.2011 ........On a Half-shell in Front of Tiffany's .........October 30 On a Half-shell in Front of Tiffany’s Pretty petty pearls wait in oysters more perturbed than annoyed. I string my tears for the sake of posterity leaving the dreams to fend for themselves. I am nothing if not splendidly prepared for a...	Jul.12.2011 A Year for Me July 12 A Year for Me The world is my mollusk and I am its pennyweight paragon, witty girl that I am. I have spent enough time surrounded by wet feet and confining shells, all held at the bottom of the sea. This is a year for me. I am going to climb over...
Oct.30.2010 On a Half-shell in Front of Tiffany's October 30 On a Half-shell in Front of Tiffany’s Pretty petty pearls wait in oysters more perturbed than annoyed. I string my tears for the sake of posterity leaving the dreams to fend for themselves. I am nothing if not splendidly prepared for a life less steeped in wishes...	Jul.12.2010 A Year for Me July 12 A Year for Me The world is my mollusk and I am its pennyweight paragon, witty girl that I am. I have spent enough time surrounded by wet feet and confining shells, all held at the bottom of the sea. This is a year for me. I am going to climb over...