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  The Moon, the Stars, and Us

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI

  When you talk about the sky, the stars are your cousins and the moon is your brother. You told me once that you imagine him tied to the earth with miles of thin black ribbon, pulling tight as he tries to float away. We used to dance barefoot on the lawn, ethereal and blue in the moonl...
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  I Am...

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI

  I am the watercolors and photographs taped to the wall, The sweater with almost-holes worn in the elbows And the diary that never got beyond the second entry. I am the crisp right angles of the wooden desk, The soft curves of my handwriting on blue-lined paper, And the thin pages of books re...
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  Maybe

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI

  Maybe today The words will bloom and I will walk barefoot through the grass collecting them, sweet and ripe, in a warm woven basket nestled beneath my arm. Maybe today I will thread my glistening needle with long pieces of pale blue string take the words from their place and string t...
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  if i could

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI

  i would take this moment grasp its glistening edges let it flow through my fingers like wet sand cup it in my hands, bring them to my face, and feel its comfortable warmth i would find a small silver box with a hinged lid, a tiny lock plain but uncommonly beautiful slowly - carefully -...
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  Neighbors

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI
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  Rainy Day

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI
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  Day Dreamer

  

  By MangoTree, Grand Rapids, MI