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That ache Not a longing for someone That long press on the soul Not a desire for a perfect day Not one of these things that seem obvious That neither…
Jack Beltane
It always starts this way the first in a long line of firsts or nexts as the thing may be waiting for the ink to spiral into lines into something like…
Jack Beltane
Now I understand why his father slept on the couch at sleepovers: he didn't intend to go to sleep, he fell asleep watching TV—there's a difference. One…
Jack Beltane
I cannot help the man lift the flower of his head against whatever force makes him stumble
Jack Beltane
I sit up and gasp as if breathing stops with sleep and I need to suck in air to move Something big and dark and nameless cracking trees like twigs…
Jack Beltane
I want you to hear what I hear, feel what I feel—feel like someone else inhabiting a stranger's body. I want you to know the fear when muscles bunch…
Jack Beltane
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Something about white snow on brown trees clinging like blankets to a bed of nails— a softness like pillows over stone floors ribbons tying bundles of…
Jack Beltane
I want to feel the sun on my neck and feel alive for the sake of breathing of taking air in and returning nothing I want to dream to doze to run rapid…
Jack Beltane
And in the end we came through it all— the danger didn't stretch taut enough to snap back on us and sting But still the sleepless nights the hours spent…
Jack Beltane
Cruel tree scratches the horizon Silhouette swinging dancing If this is how it feels make me numb so I can forget We walked through the dark picking up…
Jack Beltane
I must remember these things that make me human. In my soft rush to get ahead for a chance to be myself I must stop and listen for the sound of oars in…
Jack Beltane
If there is an hour of coldness in me it is because I have loved because I have confused pain for whimsy because the summer sun can only hide winter for…
Jack Beltane
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