[themes]

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A mixed bag, if you will. Some poetry, some lyrics, a little of many things. The annotations are [here].

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and happy writing, everyone.





so this is the new year
(but I don’t feel any different)
January Themes


1) our breaths in winter

2) la vie en rose

3) her handwriting

4) the language of cities

5) a tender history in rust

6) I’ll kiss you awake

7) snow falling on cedars

8) ghost in the morning moon

9) if you weren’t real I would make you up

10) eveningland

11) your hand in mine

12) larva/pupa/metamorphosis

13) a thinking woman sleeps with monsters

14) some mad hope

15) one wish granted

16) burning bridges

17) we’ll weave our days together like waves

18) warm strangers

19) a conversation begins with a lie

20) all wars are useless to the dead

21) there’s a low moon caught in your tangles

22) darling, we go a-drowning

23) eminence grise

24) oh how could anyone not love your cold black heart?

25) the thrill of blood comes instantly

26) sine qua non

27) no dust upon the furniture of love

28) casually smashed to pieces

29) things shaped in passing

30) you were my genius

31) parting words