Tarah Walsh
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The Birthday Wish
Wax is dripping down my sides. It’s not supposed to happen like this. Everyone knows wishes only come true if I’m blown out. I’m standing here alone, stuck in a slow meltdown and everyone is gone. Continue reading
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The Nugget
I wrote a little nugget. I put it in my head. One day, it said to me, “Are you worthy or are you dead?” I thought if I could find my voice, I’d answer as I should. But the words… Continue reading
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Cricket Legs
C’mon cricket legs C’mon lightnin’ bugs Sing the songs that feel like love Hey, hey, oooOOoohhh World moves quiet Stars feel lonely Chair rocks slowly Can’t shake the song of summer from you Continue reading
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Public Service Announcement #237
At 2:37pm MST, I felt a disturbance in the mesosphere via the divine rods at my home. The rods shook approximately 7.2 clicks to the left of Newton’s Center, thereby indicating imminent weather phenomena. As you know from my previous… Continue reading
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To Save the World
I lied when I said I’d save the world— The coldness clung as I learned— ideals can lie. The wound sunk in me— a ballast ache of failure. Continue reading
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Three Letters to Love
I loved someone. They tried to know me. So I walked. Love, eh? Continue reading
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My Lady the Sea
My lady is quick My lady is wise My lady has made me all that I am I’ve tasted her hunger, Held fast her nights I’ll carry my lady, singing her heights My lady, My lady the sea Continue reading
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how_to_survive (memory).txt
By Dreamweaver_87@aol.com Last login: Terminal 1Virus detected: 0Remaining memory: 237 megabytes Continue reading
