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“More” by Jade G.
Walking the halls doing a little dance
when you see a young woman laughing
at you
Closing out a theater for your team
when you realize she made a mistake
and you both run
cleaning bins of food and plates
cleaning theaters and chairs
laughing together
In the parking lot behind the theater
you stop and talk on asphalt hot with
puddles shining
In your car and in your apartment as
the tv plays you kiss so hard, so hard
and teeth
She flies away to Chile and you
talk almost every day, and this
tiny thing begins to grow.
And what’s funny—
neither of you wanted
more.
“I am Queer and Free and Pointed“
My heart is a space where I keep
Lots of room to grow and run
Like a child and a puppy and a bird
Of prey, osprey, seahawk, falcon, crest
-ing the waves of my ocean
Bright shining sun and salt
Stinging my face with kisses
Boundless
Dancing with words and body
Leaping
Scaling the walls with my crows and rats
As we seek the fauna of warmer climes
Across the endless dreams of life
I am Queer and Free and Pointed
“Hailey”
Hailey I’m breaking our friendship off
Because you made me feel uncomfortable
when I tried to eat dinner with
you and your friends and
because you were not kind enough and
because you have not been
as good a friend
as I hoped and
because I am not involved
enough in your life
which tells me
that I am not
in a healthy place
to be friends and
because you are dead
and I want the pain to stop.