We discuss the soul,
ponder death’s postlude, then choose
the happy ending.
Afterwards
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Category Archives: fear
Mortality
That first brush with death
shook loose her confident grasp
of all she held dear.
At 22
You’re gone, leaving class
mates to learn that last lesson:
life can be too short.
Dizziness diagnosis
He feared brain blood clots
but it’s labyrinthitis.
He’ll live after all.
Dizzy
Why his head spins he
doesn’t know. Vertigo’s made
the world hell’s fun house.
Hope
Dark fear crackling at
the edges, the heart beats on,
pulsing core of light.
Welcome 2013
If you suffer from
triskaidekaphobia,
good luck. You’ll need it.
Fiscal cliff
Cost to average
household: Five thousand. Voting
the bums out: Priceless.
College acceptance letters
Envelope size, thick
or thin. We look for clues, don’t
like to be surprised .
College midterms
She calls, panicked, freaked.
Can’t breathe, can’t focus, can’t write.
I soothe, long distance.
