Author: Adri
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Multitasking
2012 Remember that time I did Three things at once? I had cancer, I had a child, I had an affair. Are you impressed? Multitasking is my forte after all. We made all the preparations— Not that you can ever be prepared For something so big To come along— A bundle of joy, A bundle…
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Bridge Out
December 2019 I built a foundationI was so proud ofAnd proposed we build a bridge.The sun was shining so brightYou said it looked like two suns.We started stacking lettersWriting and building.The work was physically demandingAnd we got cuts & bruises as we built.In work on past bridgesI’d grown accustomed to such cuts & bruises-Accustomed to…
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Glimpse
January 2020 What was that?A glimpseFrom a different universeA different meWith a wild, deep joy.A glimpseOf a meDoing the thing-The very thing-That I thoughtI hated mostBut doing itWith a wild, deep smile.It turns outIt’s not that I hated it most,It’s that I wanted it most.It’s that the most meVersion of myselfWanted it most andHadn’t met…
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Humanhumid
The air is tangibleSurrounding meHolding meWhoever saidHeat and humidityIs stiflingHas never feltToo bigFor the atmosphereHas never feltThe joy that comesWhen every particle ofThe universeIs touchingEvery part of you.
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The Drum and the Bubble Wrap
My heart lands hard as It drops with a THUD on The diaphragm drum In the dim of my chest. Initial impact. Then, it beats. DU. DU. DU. DU. Titanic timpano Suddenly solos Alone center stage. Walloped in time, The timpano beats. As nausea nudges The drum’s underside— Just as my heart sounds With sickening…
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Many Hopes
2024 Will you draw me? Will you savor my shadows? You’re skittish, Peering out at me from safety, security. It tempers me, and in the tempering A blip of hope escapes. I see you seeing me, but I don’t know what you see. My many hopes are my many lovers. One night I lay awake…