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Poetry Reading

Posted on June 12, 2011 by k2king

The lines he wrote were scratched in ink, some smears along the margins.  Folded words he penned to her with loops of L’s and O’s in Bic he borrowed.  Rhyming words with silly pleas to never leave him, figures sketched … Continue reading →

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Oysters

Posted on April 25, 2011 by k2king

He’s a bold man that first ate an oyster- Jonathan Swift “Fresh paint, “ he snapped, “is what we need,” the walls an oyster white.   No cultured pearls inside the varnished shell they shared, the ruffled trim a drizzled gray.  … Continue reading →

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Like Fresh Paint

Posted on April 18, 2011 by k2king

After twenty years, they steamed off the floral wallpaper, revealing a layer of June Day Yellow under Museum White. They covered the couch where three toddlers once wrestled, spilled sippy cups, napped and bounced. They painted the ceiling Oyster White.  … Continue reading →

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Recycling

Posted on April 17, 2011 by k2king

My father used empty tin cans, stacked one on the other, starting with coffee and ending with tomato paste, for target practice with his pellet gun, pumped exactly six times before each shot.  Ping–– one, two, three, four, five, six, … Continue reading →

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