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JKLM (I wrote you this letter)

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Melanie Laura

you will hold your corpse above him where his hair used to be Continue reading →

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Dear You (Who Isn’t Ready For Me)

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Melanie Laura

in all of my openings there is a silent space a width that expands or a come hither or the larger part of the most honest part of me and it spells ‘yes’ like lips parting and breath leaving or … Continue reading →

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Letters Home

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Melanie Laura

What black lies in white with brown smudges?
what hands lie in wait for mixing colors?
I want to paint blue in front of you
hold services for your adolescence Continue reading →

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Longer Around

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Melanie Laura

I’m rounded and warm on the table
a solid bowl for you
in the wake of your flesh leak, I think mostly of your eyes
the outline of the space between your give and my bite
or the shadow that follows the shape of you, when you’re facing me
now I am out and over, with a spoon
ready to be slapped or served to you Continue reading →

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