Published: 2 March 2026

not enough glue

all the glue on earth
is not enough to hold
this broken heart together
all the brains on earth
are not enough to disprove
what has been said
all the tears on earth
can never make
a substitute ocean
so I will cry
eat this salt
instead of bread
if I must die
tell me where
to find wings
to lift me
if I survive
tell me how to undo
all the things
I said

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Paper time

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Paper is a Time Machine, but it only goes backward in time.
Don’t ask where it begins, I don’t know where to begin,
but I know when you read you’re transported back in time.
I’m certain of that, but not much else. Is it part of the pencil

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you bring snap of winter
to the mouth, crisp frosty heat.
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