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Eclipse

Posted on September 29, 2015 by amalieflynn

When I met you I was only Bones How I wore my bones on The outside like a Dress. And tonight there is a super moon, The blood moon, this lunar eclipse, And I go outside to stand in the … Continue reading →

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Fill

Posted on March 25, 2015 by amalieflynn

I am standing in the kitchen When I hear him, My hands and arms, Wrist deep, In a sink full of water, And my son is crying, My son, Who is five years old Now, But cannot speak, Not more … Continue reading →

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Grenade

Posted on December 29, 2014 by amalieflynn

We are awake Still and Sitting in the dark Of our living room, Talking about it Again, About getting out or staying in, In the military, How we are in the military And I want to get out. And we … Continue reading →

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Distance

Posted on August 3, 2013 by amalieflynn

On my computer there are photographs Of a refugee camp in Kabul, A place where people go When they flee war And become internally displaced, And I am looking at them, The photographs, The people, the camps, huts made out … Continue reading →

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Spin

Posted on May 22, 2013 by amalieflynn

When my son asks me what is a tsunami, I tell him it is a giant wave, Caused by a volcano or an earthquake, That can make the ocean floor shift and We look it up on the computer together, … Continue reading →

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Ventricle

Posted on February 14, 2013 by amalieflynn

When a soldier deploys to war, He goes to a country with Bombs and bullets, and wears Kevlar body armor, with plates, A ballistic chest plate covering His heart, And when a soldier patrols a town, He carries his M4, … Continue reading →

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Arming

Posted on October 24, 2012 by amalieflynn

It is night in America. And in this house, on a television, There are men, who talk about arms. About how we should arm them, Rebels from another country, so They can take over a bad regime. And I know … Continue reading →

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