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MBurch wrote about the word kite 3 years ago
I don’t really understand the tails of kites. I know that there are reasons that have to do with Physics, but what are they? Do they keep the kite from flying upside down? Does the tail wag the kite?
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MBurch wrote about the word dress 3 years ago
My sister and I used to wear matching dresses. With appliqued flowers. On the little pockets. Now she lives in the desert. And I don’t know her phone number.
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MBurch wrote about the word reflex 3 years ago
I wish
I had a little hammer
with a rubber triangle
at the end.
If I hit under your knee
in just the right place
you couldn’t help
but love me.
It would be reflex. -
MBurch wrote about the word destiny 3 years ago
I tell students not to put the word “destiny” in their poems. Or “soul.” At all costs avoid “soul,” especially when preceded by “heart and.” I can only tell them what NOT to put in their poems. Although it is always good to consider including the word “porkchops.” Or is that two words?
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MBurch wrote about the word meaning 3 years ago
He’s mean to me. He meaned me. He’s meaning me. What does he mean by meaning me? I need to find a man who is meaningless.
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MBurch wrote about the word crossed 3 years ago
Star-crossed. Eyes crossed. Double-crossed. Foiled again. Boris and Natasha. Julius and Ethel. Sacco and Vanzetti. Star-crossed.
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MBurch wrote about the word lack 3 years ago
He follows me all day. He’s what I lack. Ambition. Patience. Large Breasts. He follows me down every hall, and if he starts to lose me, I slow down.
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MBurch wrote about the word stand 3 years ago
We dragged out our little table, the one we had tea parties on. We made a sign. We squeezed lemons. We collected nickels from suburban ladies passing by in their Vista Cruisers.
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MBurch wrote about the word withheld 3 years ago
The world has a sign on it: ALL IMPORTANT INFORMATION WITHHELD.
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MBurch wrote about the word stride 3 years ago
Take it all in stride. Don’t pull up. No stutter-steps. Crush what falls under your shoe. It’s in your way. You own it.
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MBurch wrote about the word trial 3 years ago
She took the stand.
No one asked her the right question.
The jury stared.
The gavel came down. -
Mary B wrote about the word lashes 3 years ago
When I was in high school I put vaseline on my eyelashes. It made them stick together and seem darker. I was too afraid to wear makeup. Are greasy eyelids sexy?
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Mary B wrote about the word roller 3 years ago
my mother used to call big waves “rollers” and I would sit next to her and look at her freckled skin and hear the waves
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That sounds lovely.
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Mary B became a registered member 3 years ago
hi
