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What happened to motherhood
Slowly dissolved
From overexposure
Skin touched skin
Again again again again
Once maddeningly sweet
Turned maddening
But still sweet somehow
Beneath that bitter herb, resentment
And the high boil of anger
Here and there
I'm still here
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Farts, etc.

My family tree drops its leaves
around 60, with any luck.
My middle age has brought me
eyes that water in the winter
so lovers tell me not to cry
and I protest that these tears
don't reveal my sadness.
There is an atmosphere
similar to an inner-ring planet
that floats around my stomach
Venus or something gaseous
I choose to hold it in or not
depending on who is near me
whom i want to impress
and how fast i am walking

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STRIVING


it’s just a shape I know 
default dizziness
in lieu of blood or guts
or nerves
somewhere in this body
bulky detritus 
sleeps and festers 
like scattered belongings 
the morning after
someone breaks into 
your car
the diapers, cough drops 
bent bobby pins 
blooming in 
the mossy driveway
the thief was looking 
for something to make 
it all worthwhile 
maybe a power chord 
or something from 
the first aid kit
the thief didn't know 
why they started 
what they started
either

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Pure Terror

Five minutes to cap the day,
and five minutes you'll never get back,
the listless pause to cap the day,
quietening doubt,
and leaving your muscles
to savour the memory.
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