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 Dec 2012 Emma
Annie
indecisiveness
 Dec 2012 Emma
Annie
window leaning on an old book the cold winter air
spilling into the room like it has been waiting for years
for this moment, starless sky and illuminated hands
colored blotches speaking in the hushed tone of
unobtrusive shades
there is a single cigarette packed away in the stories
and trinkets, it is whispering sweet nothings
in my ear

and you
you have been lurking in the hallways
your hands, thumbprints, lips
etched into the window glass
so every time i look to see the world
you will be there

Your bittersweet presence
brushes chalk dust across my skin
because i desire you here
but i think that is all
 Dec 2012 Emma
Annie
trap doors
 Dec 2012 Emma
Annie
sitting here the air as dense as the tension between
our ongoing glances, but as hushed as we know we are
we are not
the piano notes strum your heartstrings and you say music
is your only escape from this worldly existence
but that is like saying dreaming is the only way
you can see the world
there is always a trap door waiting under your bare feet
all it takes is a little bit of intelligence
to open the locks
and i can not tell you how much this snags
at the threads of my being
but if you do not slow down
then i will jump out
 Dec 2012 Emma
Pink Halverson
rub against me
make me spark
start a big flame
to take up all this
                cold dark
I burn for you.

Throw water on me
watch the flame
                    disappear
walk away, as I lay
               on the damp ground

leave me feeling cold
     charred,
                 burnt out.
 Dec 2012 Emma
Pink Halverson
It's been almost one whole year, my love.
When will this charade be over?
I've been quiet in the background,
hiding in the shadows,
waiting for the day they all will know.
I never thought it would last this long.

When will I be freed of this indefinite sentence?
When will we stop playing this game of hide & seek?
When will you unveil me?

I'm still waiting...
 Dec 2012 Emma
JL
Bus Exhaust
 Dec 2012 Emma
JL
God loves you
Good morning
The sun is up
And your toast is not burnt

You walk to school
In old shoes
And the girl
Who you like
Says mean
Things
To you
Secretly
She thinks
You're nice
And really wanted
To kiss you that time on
The field trip
To the art museum
When you
Were standing on the steps
alone
Then like that
She grew up
And you grew up
She was standing
At the bus stop
When you walked up
In the rain you wanted
To hold her hand and walk
To your house where mother would
Make hot cocoa
And then you
Could show her
The model jet you got for your birthday
And she would kiss you there for  secret
She got onto the bus though
And you didn't
4 kayla
 Dec 2012 Emma
Daniel Magner
Old man eyes hide
behind rims covered
in Native design
Lens' of a dark
bark brown keep the
prying looks out
Honest irises are a virtue,
I was told.
Mine scream
"This head is muddled and old!"
So cover them up
Don't let the hungry
stares get past the
glass, sipping from that
red plastic cup
Honest eyes are a virtue
I think that's only true
for you
© Daniel Magner 2012
Rough draft
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