Author: Dylan Benjamin
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regret at 3am
a basin and runningwater aren’t enough thisshame requires a vaccinean exorcism ofthe spirit who’s spirit?mine? steam billows expands fillsme engulfing me choking mebristles scratching like a gamblerpleading desperatelypining the winning hand echoes play on repeata mind rolls in trancea body in motionvictims of the weatherwe float like a ship atsea how do you…
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spring is my love
Todaya ballad of light!A soft breeze brushes and blowsmemories erased of a dark winter. I have been homesick forspring andtrees.Homesick for song and lush leaves;cavernous and yearning to be filled entirely. A jubilee of flowers, stalks reaching to downy clouds and satisfied stretchBuds grasping through cool soilreaching for light and familiar hold. How long…
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i live near the beach
A whale washed up on the beach and I watchedfamilies take their kids to see it thrashin the shallows In the shallowsI saw a child, unaided and off-courseWith families and kids to watch it thrash This is a spectacleTo see a whaleTo see a childTo see this pessimal Sea You calf : an educatorA province…
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leave all valuables
Upon arrival all lips were collected. You Cannot Enter This Country With Your Lips They say. A woman asks why? They take her child and put it in a cell with other children faceless nameless lipless kids why? why? They take her warm lips Do Not Ask Why. In a line the Bodies move to…