from period 3 on Mon., 5/13

the car honks
begin to fade
and the world
becomes silent
as I walk past
my nightmare.


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Save a
horse ride
a cowboy.


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All it takes
is a match,
to start a wild ride
that consumes everything.

Cause and effect.

What melodic dissonance.

Youth is a mess.

from Mon., 5/6 (after prom)

Hours of preparation,
the doorbell rings,
the camera's click,
silverware taps on china,
music blasts,
the casino roars,
the door clicks shut.

What an amazing night.


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In Colorado
the weather changes
the flowers grow
and then some snow
then the flowers die
it warms up
now it's time for ice cream
pie.


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boom clap boom boom cla--

and then the DJ just
had to talk through the
transition...again...

boom clap boom boom clap.


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Bodies swaing,
colors meshing,
beauty in every
form,
exhaustion hits,
birds chirp.

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Too close,
too far,
Just a bit away,
can we make it?
A slip of paper
to show the world.

from Mon., April 29th

Lights flash flash,
spending too much cash cash.
Please buy me a coke,
I am broke.
Cause I go to too many
concerts.


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Line in the water.
Fish on a hook.
Life is good today.


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The call of ages past
combined with new eyes,
illustrates the beautiful
possibility of eternity.
The pain is there the loss is here,
the story is done,
but now life is brand new.


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I love my
mom so much
you don't understand.

from Mon. 4/22

Yesterday the sun
was bright, today
it seems to want
to stay hidden,
burnt and
cold I sit, waiting
for spring to
end and summer
to begin.


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Hot.

It was hot.

But there were
clouds.

Nice.


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I saw a man boiling
hot dogs, I am hot dog
water.


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The distances
were off.

That's when
I jumped on
the train:

Long road
goes forever.

haiku weekend images from 4/15/19

What the freaking hell?
How's it already morning?
I just want to sleep.


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Walk for change
Time to make a difference
Family support always


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Solitude, tired.
Chilly wind and nice warm sun.
Blow it all away.


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A loud screaming wind
howling through the standing trees
branches getting thrown


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We all spend our lives
Looking for things we can't find.
Stressed about college.


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Haikus are stupid.
I don't want to do this now.
Please let me go home.


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Six hour bus ride.
Experience new culture.
Six hour bus ride.


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Hours of crying,
Trying to hand with my buds.
Ends in more crying.


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Out here working hard
Tryna make money Big Bank!
I need a car to Skrt Skrt.

10 word short stories from Mon., 4/8/19

I hate my job.
The money makes me happy, though.


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Old man
Sad childhood
Beaten
Alone
Better now
Love him.


-----


It is strange watching
your home of 120 years
burn....


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No sleep.
Tired.
Too much sleep.
Tired.
Always Tired.
Always.


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No officer,
ten of us were
not in that car.


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I'll talk
to you
again when
we are
both less
emotional.

dialogic weekend images from Mon. on 4/1

"Bye, I'm leaving."

"Where are you going?

"Work."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Okay."

"Okay, bye."


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"What's this?"

"I don't know. Why?"

"I found it in your room
along with all of your trash."

"Don't mean it's mine.
Now stop snooping and
leave me alone."


-----


"Peace washes over you
like a small stream
amidst the raging storm
of a vast ocean."

"It is well," I say.

"It is well. It is well
with my soul."


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"I love you. I
have always loved
you."

"Are you going to
ask me to marry
you?"

"No. I just need $20
for a video game!"

graffiti images from Mon., 3/18

found burnt with a torch onto the side of a train
bound for Antarctica:

Hello penguins.
How is life
with no ants around?


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found written with UV ink on the side of a train
bound for "that one place you know you've been
before, but just can't quite remember."

If this isn't where you're meant to go
or what you're meant to see,
look up, open your eyes
to who you're mean to be.


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found written with spray paint on a train
bound for Hawai'i

Let the ocean
take you away
where coconuts fall
and sea fish brawl,
tides a-turning,
and surfers a-surfing,
only play,
only fun,
live in the moment.


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found written with a "jacked-up old spray
paint, half wiped/cracked off."

Home is never a place.
It is never an address--
it is a 1 second
memory.
It is the forgotten
laughter. It si the
tears shed.
Home isn't a place
with an address.


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found written with clean magic eraser
on the side of a train bound for the middle
of the desert.

Steady as
the sandstone
swallows you.

from Mon., March 11th

Old friends reminisce,

Same things
Ain't no difference,

Same people
but I'm on a different mission.

When I leave
it won't be you that I'm missin'.


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It's like the brightest sunrise
waiting on the other side
of the darkest night.

Only moments from the break of dawn
it seems just out of reach

but you just haven't seen it yet.


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Sunshine and
happy vibes
as the water
splashes
against my
sunkissed body.

Once again,
I'm home.


-----


I had a
dream about
you.

But I can't
have you.

from Mon., 3/4

Beep beep beep.
Shut up.
Beep beep beep.
Let me sleep.
Beep beep beep.
I'm tired!

Beep beep beep.
Snooze.


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Limbs tangled
like the vines that grow
around our mailbox in summer.

Shared whispers,

Silent giggles,

Couldn't be more complete.


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Fear rushes
through me
as I look
in your empty
eyes.

You stole
me and
everything
I had.

from Mon. 2/25

Too much snow.

I wish there was more.

My dad slept in and snored.

While I piled feet of snow on my yard--

around four.

-----

Smothered

like prison bars pressed into skin,

Painted face.

Lying smile.

But you keep coming back....

-----

Skate in the same

direction.

Watch kids eat it.

A middle-aged man reliving 

his past.

-----

Tired I am.

Work I do.

Sleep I not.

Customers sucks.

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The cold air bites at

my skin,

The snow falls like 

a heavy blanket,

the night is white,

the stars are hidden.

From Mon., Feb. 11th

1. Pop,
           tsshst,
                     aaaaah

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2.Brrr-voom
brrr-vooom
errch
rerch
boom pop pow
vroom vroom!

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3. errr eeee
er er er
schwomp clomp
thud.

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4. shlup shlup shlup,
pop pap pop pap,
dlop dlop dlop


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5. vvvzzzzhhh
weehooosh ccclick


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Key:
1. Soda can opening
2. Car struggling to start
3. Closing a broken car door
4. Octopus walking on a rocket ship
5. Automatic door closing

from Mon., Feb. 6th

fire burning
inside every inch of
my body.


-----


it's hard to let go
like a flock of birds
flying away
like a river never stopping
but always continuing
no matter what it
may hurt in its path
they're gone
I'm left behind.


-----


Days spent
creek jumping
out of
chilled water.

Drops trickled down stream.

Summer.


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Smooth glossy
lips pink and
bright, cold spots
stick to the
sweet rose
gloss, snowflakes
melt and drip.

from Monday, January 28th

The cold

Air smacked

M'face!

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The smell of

Dew,

A cold ranch morning,

A brand new saddle.

The American dream.

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Putting on the lid & goggles,

smell of burning fuel &

a large growl

450cc with the flick of a wrist

it roars

and kicking it into gear,

the screech and sight of

burnt rubber

makes for some

of the best weekends.

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I lie awake

waiting to fall asleep--

but you never realize it

until you wake up--

the wonder of when

and how you fell asleep

stays on your mind

and then disappears.

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No snow day?

Come on, bruh.

Not even a delay?

Not cool, cuh.

from Mon., 1/14

Sipping tea
seemed good to me
below powdered spires
brewed dreams and desires.


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sleep: less than ideal
balloon animals: just the right amount


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Is it love to continue
after you no longer
feel for them?

For their tired longing
still burns and you
can not stand to
see that fire drenched
by wet snow. Do you

love them if you cannot
stand to see them lose that
joy in their eyes?


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The fish
looked like it
was caught in
her eyelashes.


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I want to twist
your necklace around
my fingers.


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Oh God, I slipped.

Ouch.

Why be so icy?

"No more ice,"

I yell.