silence_breaks

I will draw the scene of an emergency.
I will draw my mother how she wants to be.
I will draw an empty book of answers.
I will draw the grill on my back deck.
I will draw twine in an oak barrel.
I will draw a sparrow on my cutlery.
I will draw a couple winged things.
I will draw a map to the...
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worky is worky. i didn't win western's poetry award, but i did get an honorable mention. i've got my road trip planned out, for the most part. my geographic skills are a bit skewed, so this is tentative:

july 5 - drive to tuscaloosa (university of alabama).
july 6 - spend the day in tuscaloosa.
july 7 - drive to philladelphia (temple university).
july 8...
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last night, at work, these three girls came into the bar: 2 had identification but one didn't. all was cool - ms. un-ID ordered a coke. her friends wondered why i couldn't give her a shot. i replied because there's no way that i'm going to take your word that she's 21, especially in this town. one of the of-age girls says, well, can...
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here's a poem.

The Other Room

Right around midsummer: your doctors name is
Mary Beth and she will treat you very well
until she kills you, my dear, my darling, my lovely
puppy: back at home: drooling: all over countertop
where there was a thawing tenderloin, pawing: the sink,
shedding: in the garbage disposal, licking: the faucet dry
and you pause, wriggling over to clamp...
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yesterday was the two year anniversary of my sister's sobriety. fucking rock, dudes. semester is almost over and i think i will barely escape with my sanity. people at my work get yelled at for the most trivial, stupid shit - a couple of my manager's deserve nothing less than the rack. it's official - july 5th, i'm leaving for my roadtrip to the following...
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don't let the rumors fool you - digital cable is essentially the promised land. i got a concussion last night - no fun. i'm currently cleaning my apartment and doing laundry, as that has been neglected for many a-weeks. my hair is super-duper long. it's hilarious. congratulations to plaingurl for winning the poetry thingy at her school. rock the fuck on. my mom sold the...
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the joys of spring break are vast and boundless, regardless of the fact that i'm simply in kalamazoo for the entirety. over the course of the next ten days, i will be in detroit not once, but TWICE. whoa. i have to do the following things in five days: read jude the obscure, write a paper on political theory, write an influence poem. bullocks....
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my band has played a couple shows lately that were fun. i like playing at kraftbrau because of $1 tall drafts for band members. whut whut. in 3 hours, i will be on spring break and will be working and reading for classes nonstop, frantically trying to catch up. i got a b on my paper for modern british literature. an old flame visited yesterday...
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hi. my name is kirk and i have a new user picture. i also have the following new things: an interest in medieval british literature; a "check engine" light that's perma-activated in my car; a bracelet that says "teamkid"; a fear that i won't do anything with my life; a love of guinness and newcastle; a procrastination problem; a rekindled interest in obtaining a doggy;...
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valentine's day has come and gone and i hope all of yours were fabulous and all that jazz. i got hideously drunk before work and was throwing up in the employee bathroom whenever i had a spare moment. haha. it was funny. until i got hungover. wahoo.

there's an ex (well, my only ex) who's coming to visit me in a couple weeks. weird. i...
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