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Other Side

Posted on May 23, 2022 by alexis

Can we find rest
for our wandering hearts,
to be satisfied
in playing our parts?

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Guest of Honour

Posted on April 30, 2022April 30, 2022 by alexis

Honoured guest, do you come to me to seek a life beyond the tree?

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Grain of Sand

Posted on April 30, 2022May 18, 2022 by alexis

Eventually the bridge will collapse and the car will break down. The child will grow and live and then die. The seas will wash away the land and the fish will bloat and float to the surface and the sun will burn their scales. Their bones will sink to the sand below and some day the water will brea

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Correction

Posted on May 23, 2020April 20, 2022 by alexis

Close your eyes
and take a breath,
the world may pass
and have its death,
but long lives legacy
as certain and divine
in unstoppable forces

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What is the Machine?

Posted on February 5, 2020May 18, 2022 by alexis

What is the machine? Is it simply cogs and electrical inner workings, growing in complexity and distrust? Is it infinite tiny loops? Is it k

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Electric Towers during Golden Hour

Pale Dots

Posted on April 13, 2018April 19, 2022 by alexis

Incessant moon that’s always missed
by city lights, whose signs kiss the darkness
and never let it be.
Yet there it is, palely reflecting
the star that cares little and less of our world.
We are specks on a blue dot and we are home,
but we don’t love our home.

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