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Avowal

Do I dare—I do not— to buy a snuff bottle. Hand-painted, it comes in a small gold thread embroidered box with a latch. If a peach  adorned its glass shell, would I then? Afraid to ask questions, I let wondering … Continue reading

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Meniscus

Hours the color of quarry beds, a walk that gets extended because of a need to stitch  the river to her breath, she calculates how long  it will take for the fragrance of rose  water to reach the bottom. She … Continue reading

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Another Reverie (Day 2,644)

An incurable addiction to the image that comes on strong, without warning—blue  bottles emptied of their rose water gather light upon a sill. A vine still holding its dried leaves  tight clings to the window in the dead of winter … Continue reading

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