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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Auntie
So..I have yet to be convinced that every poem is not a love letter. Forgive me. This love letter thing is going to last a while longer. Post a praise poem to some for-real-for-real or for play-play-real aunt of yours.
Sis whose every response is a "very good" that feels earned even when it's inevitable
Sis who will stop in the middle of the street to reapply soft stoplight lipstick
Sis of every continent the priority of view the value of movement
Sis who teaches me beautiful is the only thing worth moving for is the only place to go
Sis rewriting small regrets with will towards my everything
Sis whose fortune cookies warn of secret admirers who firmly rejects the advances of churchgoing recruiters who have recently visited jamaica who tell her she's from spanish town
Sis who believes in eights and counts on her sister and who threatened to never speak to me again if i thought about paying for lunch
Sis of stance and chance of attention and tension of gifts of apples subway maps of moscow address books for people who i will one day meet
Sis of guesses and faith and fate and parades and full full days and love and more....
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Aunt Sis
Sis of first quilts and endless plants
Sis
whose every response is
a "very good"
that feels earned
even when it's inevitable
Sis who will stop
in the middle of the street
to reapply soft stoplight lipstick
Sis of every continent
the priority of view
the value of movement
Sis who teaches me beautiful
is the only thing worth moving for
is the only place to go
Sis rewriting small regrets
with will towards my everything
Sis whose fortune cookies
warn of secret admirers
who firmly rejects the advances
of churchgoing recruiters
who have recently visited jamaica
who tell her she's from spanish town
Sis who believes in eights
and counts on her sister
and who threatened to never speak
to me again if i thought about paying for lunch
Sis of stance and chance
of attention and tension
of gifts of apples
subway maps of moscow
address books for people who i will one day meet
Sis of guesses and faith
and fate and parades
and full full days
and love and more....
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