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  To Eva

  

  By akatheharmonica, Baltimore, MD

  You are the phoenix to my hippogriff the Legolas to my Gimli the savant to my idiot the Carebear to my Smurf the Sally Brown to my Lucy van Pelt the Facebook to my Tumblr the Quinn to my Rachel the “ttyl bb” to my “see you, hon” the Sephora to my Neutrogena the Belle to my Mrs. Pot...
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  What Poems Should Do

  

  By akatheharmonica, Baltimore, MD

  It is scrunched In a corner Of the page Screaming for attention And when it Doesn’t get it It grabs on To your hair One strand and Slowly but surely Hoists itself up Where it encounters Your warm head It burrows deep Through your skull And settles in The soft crevices Of your brai...
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  Lusterless

  

  By akatheharmonica, Baltimore, MD

  I read a book once That said that only three things Truly glittered The sky The sea And Peoples’ eyes. And I, I laughed it off And said That The light was what did that Nothing can shine without light. I’d like to say You convinced me otherwise But I now think You’ve stopped m...