dopablast

 we scroll

eyes parched by blue light

a simple diversion

seemingly harmless

we scroll and scroll until the day 

dopamine blasted

spirits parched

we pull the plug on

social medias

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Sandra

my dearest cousin. i am calling after you. your form ghostly and lithe against the depths of the forest. i run after you in this dream. creatures breaking through branches on either side of us. fearful i am chasing the memories. fifteen years since we lost you.  #katyamills

date night

the night well gone

a dread to be alone 

a check to sign 

chain around her neck 

flirts with light 

to shine 

an eye to twitch began

two lashes tangle 

a contact falls 

at the angle 

a jazz ensemble 

the fingers play the floor 

for a speck 

goodbye 

she thought it was the end 

and he says 

can i see you

again?

#katyamills

April 5

gotta let it go. if you hold on it will live in the back of your lungs and wheeze

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redolent of self

inspiration percolates behind the avatar . . . the final concoction aromatic . . . redolent of the most cherished aspect of the whole self.     #katyamills

initiate

age 10

the older boys fling him into the mêlée

adrenaline spikes. he jumps on an older boy's back

to keep from being 

crushed

thrown off. hits the ground 

hard!

gets up. almost crying. runs headlong 

into danger. reticent 

no more

#katyamills

centering

all the honey
all the messaging
4 money
the media
what a
cacophony
u get lost easy
breakdown
without silence
2 center
raison d'être
on earth

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