parenting
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Volcano is No Volcano [HOLD FOR APPLAUSE]
A vicious life wrapped around symbols. What is the thing I want to tell you the reader is the same question as who am I as how do you want your daughter to remember you. A litany. As someone who taught her the courage to live as she wanted is the same as you as…
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“Oh, I See A Roaring Noise, Roar”
I place one cheerio in my mouth and suck my lips I look around and moan I chew no teeth another cheerio in my mouth I stir my hand around the silicone plate my right hand a fist in my left hand I pick it up the cheerios with index finger and thumb equally with…
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Disambiguate the Precedent (Assassination Attempt No. 1)
god isan alligator whitedunce cap commonsupernatural they are kindof fragile wicked motheri said i don’t know youreveal your incantatory powervanishes soon of dawnalligator calledmaeve anything is yoursbig smile lookingat leavesgoing aroundyour big breath rattlingevery baby born afterjune 07confused about cost and courseare you wind wisened carried from childto child in red eyeswe haven’t sleptfor weeks…
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Negative Poem
i don’t want to do your workdo you want to do your workwork is screamingat the doga terrible personwho can’t be botheredwith other people the dog lays thereright thereher allergiesher anxietieson the leafy greensand onionskinand cries not at meshe’s a good girlat the baby nursingon her belly littleheart beating so fasti don’t want to thinkof…
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A Wild Penitent Appears
please o god help your subjunctive soldier offer up one original thought before moving on to black coffee rising to meet morning disassociated walking dog blue-striped potential-of womanly veil of soul-making one must have ample reason and the right instruments to break this silence real question what system gotten oneself into legitimate danger from answers…
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Snorting a Lexapro With You
Fucking at the Zoo rich fucks poor schmucks grey donkeys pink goatsloser communist cattle roaming cocks black pig gnaws vestigial arm of long-deadstump pink pig dreams of shit in dry sun all pant in red heat zoo as palaceof great social inequity lonesome horse shreds grass beside canada goose both childrenenamored in their wielding large…
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The 8 Best Games for a Mush-Brained Parent Holding a Baby
As a new dad, I’ve found my priorities suddenly shifted away from gaming. I work long hours at an insane job. I take care of my now-17-week-old daughter. I try to be a good partner to my wife. If I’m lucky, I steal some time to eat, shower, and brush my teeth. No one can…
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A Great First Line
“When you are all sinew, struggle and solitude, your young — being soft, plump, vulnerable — may remind you of prey.” “Ducks, Newburyport” Lucy Ellmann
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Dear Oblivion
dear oblivioni hear you shredding bonein the goldenplacesalivatingsomewhereunknowablea mangrillsmeata childscreams what i mean to sayis this, dear oblivion:i rememberthe littoral darknessof the rising afternoonthe light never having beenenough dear oblivioni hear youcrawling away
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