Argument

Afterwards, tissue
paper frail, we try hard not
to tear each other.

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Career change

This is why she can’t
move back East, the cubicle
life too dim, dull, stale.

Out of the woods

We both had bad dreams
but she’s okay, Portland-bound,
scratching poison oak.

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Popcorn

Oh look he says, so
happy to find a snack he
can have for himself.

January thaw

Like skin, snow sags droops
puckers. Tears slide across a
hard crusty surface.