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Three

Three by MELISSA COOK I can't find you anymore and there's a landslide in there. Our feet don't touch the runway and I never thought I'd say this but I miss the three-hour plane rides between...

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Unanderra

Unanderra by MELISSA COOK When death took you, you refused to go quietly. Sirens echoed in the pit of your stomach and poetry written about you crumbled like your history and architecture. We...

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Obituaries

Obituaries by MELISSA COOK I have written about loss like my body is tomb for cupid arrows plucked from my ancestors. Small-scripted obituaries of every lover onto my skin erased...

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Autumn

Autumn by MELISSA COOK She reminds me of Autumn. Leaves flushed in the most beautiful ways, cherry like her heart - sweet and sometimes sour, gold yet always silver. I'd paint her as a...

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Nurtured Ears

Nurtured Ears by MELISSA  COOK Tonight, I slumped 'gainst our door -sipping coffee- Your music it settled me - as though you had taken a paint brush to my spine and danced a melody. a...

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Illusive

Illusive by MELISSA COOK When you write of - pure silence - devouring my lips. ..I stand within naked flames like -- Japanese lanterns; Suspended and insecure to each verse you scrawl upon...