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  A New One

  

  By josie.kime, Pittsburgh, PA

  Last night, understanding turned into something sweet inside my heart. My mind let go of itself and finally put this to rest. I slept soundly, my eyes only open to the light of a fall morning, to the sound of your voice while I was dreaming. I cannot begin to think of summer, or even winter...
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  Sweet July

  

  By josie.kime, Pittsburgh, PA

  In July I was singing. I was slipping my feet into the perfect sea wishing that I could fall in love, that I could break the sins that flooded seamlessly into me making a million tiny pieces out of a whole. I braided tree roots and changed my face for pleasure so that the world would t...
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  Cowboy

  

  By josie.kime, Pittsburgh, PA

  Just tell me, tell me what you taste when you dream, what does the clouds change too when you stare? What have the stars left engraved in your open, steady palms. What has the world shaped you into? I look into your ancient eyes, And I see nothing but myself. And the grayness and the smok...