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Kismet by Ethel Rackin
but deep down we knew it was us losing everything
41 mins ago • 
Karan Kapoor
The origin of my dictatorship by Bob Hicok
but loading a kitten into a bazooka takes years of military training I doubt you have
Nov 16 • 
Karan Kapoor
Another Hurricane Poem by Francis Dylan Waguespack
tree limbs strewn across a debris-filled riverbed we called our street
Nov 15 • 
Karan Kapoor
 and 
Francis Dylan Waguespack
Man, You Should Explode by Namdeo Dhasal
Raise hell all over the place from up to down and in between
Nov 14 • 
Karan Kapoor
The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter by Alison Lubar
How do I keep all these little parts inside? What remains?
Nov 13 • 
Karan Kapoor
 and 
Alison Lubar
Assistant Professor Song by Matthew Zapruder
all the empty manila folders that held twilight’s forbidden thoughts
Nov 12 • 
Karan Kapoor
 and 
Matthew Zapruder
To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet
My love is such that rivers cannot quench
Nov 11 • 
Karan Kapoor
Trans Rilke by Sal Randolph
I let that hysterical overabundance of longing, no, of beauty, make me sick with itself
Nov 10 • 
Karan Kapoor
 and 
Sal Randolph
Hungry Ghost by Mark Doty
I believed I would be incomplete if I did not know longing
Nov 9 • 
Svetlana Litvinchuk
 and 
Mark Doty
Rain by Nnamdi Ndiolo
Gogh’s easel, too, was an ark; each brushstroke, another rescued beast
Nov 8 • 
Svetlana Litvinchuk
Take This Waltz by Federico García Lorca
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder, My mouth on the dew of your thighs
Nov 7 • 
Karan Kapoor
Agnosticism by Virginia Kane
what kind of person goes into a religious supplies shop and leaves with a gag gift
Nov 6 • 
Karan Kapoor
 and 
virginia kane
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