midwestromantic
midwestromantic
This place seems familiar.
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midwestromantic · 3 years ago
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A Mostly True Ghost Story- Arkadia Valkr
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midwestromantic · 3 years ago
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First Kiss- Arkadia Valkr
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midwestromantic · 5 years ago
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Bonsai
My kindness is a pine bonsai 
Each branch shaped with wire and time
The resin sticks to your hands 
and the scent lingers for days
Entwined in its roots is a shard of obsidian
A core forged in fire and cured in cold stone
A center of sharpness, hardness, darkness
It is both the seed and the anchor
All that existed was my obsidian heart
Buried in dark soil and good intentions
To grow something beautiful here
Has been my greatest undertaking
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midwestromantic · 5 years ago
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Well Water
Cattle lowing 
Irate at the indignity of Vaccine Day
Myself, age 9, scampering over tall metal fences
Calling out tag numbers as they pass into the chute
To my grandpa, leaning casually on the gate
Scratching them in his green log book 
The sun, harsh and loving 
I've forgotten to wear sunscreen
Hot dust and the smell of livestock in my nose
I'm being helpful and don't notice
When it's done we sit in the shade
Wrench the heavy metal well pump 
Drawing earthy water from the darkness
My reward, finally
It sparkles 
So cold and sweet
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midwestromantic · 5 years ago
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Inheritance
Once as a child I ran away from home.
In my Elmo backpack I had one bottle of water, 
some white bread and American cheese.
My mom laughed, 
allowed me to walk some distance 
down the fresh-paved gravel road.
The laugh wasn't cheerful. 
It sounded like sorrow.
"Silly thing," she must have thought.
"Don't you know I've tried?"
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midwestromantic · 5 years ago
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glitter jar 
purple-gold storm caught in a bottle
swirling and falling
like rolling dust clouds 
just watch
this will pass
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