March 2012
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Poetry Friday
Always Ahead
There’s the one who remains always ahead,
dancing like the wind a gust out of reach,
glimmering an autumnal display
tantalizing
for fools and blowhards.
The Arachnes of the bunch
weaving
a safety net because
Have you ever caught the wind?
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Red is the sun’s most beautiful throne
and all the other colors
worship on red...
– Adonis
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When I'm trying to watch TV, but my boyfriend is...
whatshouldwecallme:
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Poetry Friday
Your nightgown hangs
on the back of the door
as I sit in the wicker chair
you rescued
from an estate sale saying
it needed a home
like it was a puppy
unaware of abandonment.
Our bed
empty as a bucket,
unable to bear one night
without grazing your cheek in reverie.
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City of Strays: Detroit's Epidemic of 50,000... →
Great read from Rolling Stone’s upcoming issue about a somewhat vigilante dog-rescuing operation in Detroit.
“People go batshit on us. ‘Why don’t you just take these dogs?’ First of all, short of stealing them, you can’t make people love their dogs, or bring them in the house. And even if we could, where would we put them? It’s an epidemic! You’ll...
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