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Month: February 2016

A mind in the night

February 29, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

skiing

In a no-paper dream
not a friend
not a team
you watch me ripping
my linen.

I forget your name
so I say ‘mushroom.’
I forget my synonym
for 3 a.m.

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Rachel McAlpine

Sacred solecism

February 28, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

grasses

He was blessed
by the Holy Farmer—?
How random
and how rural
are our thoughts.

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Good day, bad day

February 27, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

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It’s a good day:
you woke up!
You have pressures,
Problems, and people.
Hooray.

It’s a bad day
when your poem
turns to paisley
in olive and maroon.

 It’s a bad day
when you have to
phone the plumber
on a Friday afternoon.

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Rachel McAlpine

In praise of nostalgia

February 26, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ 3 Comments

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Nostalgia has a bad name.
Nasturtiums. Neuralgia.

Think backwards without blame:
we will never
be the same.

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Rachel McAlpine

Keep dreaming

February 25, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

Elephant Island (187 of 194)

Inside your pineapple shell
you have dreams
of being happy,
being well.

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Rachel McAlpine

Impossible thing

February 24, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

graves

We believe every day
before breakfast that
we will not die
not yet, not now.

I know why
we perform
this impossible thing
—but not how.

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Rachel McAlpine

Talk about bra straps

February 23, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ 3 Comments

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Farewell the safety-pins
of yesteryear.
Farewell the rebel cry of
‘Look ma, no bra!’

Since the revolt of
‘Ha ha, see my bra!’
a strap seen
is not obscene.

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Rachel McAlpine

In April 1996

February 22, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

phone-numbers

In April 1996
I stopped lusting
after men

and men
stopped lusting
after me.

What synergy.
What symmetry.

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Rachel McAlpine

A bad boy

February 21, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

badboy

A bad boy
is not so bad.

A bad man
is not so good.

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Rachel McAlpine

Youth is juice

February 20, 2016January 29, 2016 ~ Rachel McAlpine ~ Leave a comment

Youth is juice
youth is couth
and jumble
and youth
is jig-a-jig-jig.

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Rachel McAlpine

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