these hard shells,
tight lipped and black, the brine
of sea
latched
to their curved skulls.
what lies within,
a pearl, perhaps, or the soft
life
of a jelled body,
now ripe, awaiting what's next,
who isn't?
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- cold tea
- they come and go
- enough noise
- the pearl within
- the pearl within
- heart beats
- i could do that
- i could do that
- hit the button and pray
- for you, for me
- for you, for me
- do that and then
- wanting more
- the devil's black box
- for sale
- for sale
- note in a bottle
- of her kind
- of her kind
- the small plate
- the small plate
- i want that
- i want that
- the little white pills
- the little white pills
- tied up
- tied up
- betting on us
- betting on us
- the rain
- the rain
- what's next
- three days two nights
- your own sign
- your own sign
- no, go this way
- no, go this way
- then decide
- then decide
- the tumble of sleep
- the tumble of sleep
- book review
- book review
- off the list
- off the list
- leaderless
- leaderless
- the red bird
- points a b and c
- points a b and c
- the sales pitch
- the indian ocean
- the indian ocean
- my editor
- call for the understudy
- here, drink this
- just one word
- henry and noel
- bully boy
- bully boy
- the restless heart
- did you get my text
- did you get my text
- beware
- calling it a day
- calling it a day
- at rest
- pigeons
- dear anne
- dear anne
- your stripes
- your stripes
- not a kiss given
- not a kiss given
- die trying
- die trying
- the cold outside
- the cold outside
- this is why we drink
- upside down elvis
- upside down elvis
- the window facing the woods
- choices
- the waffle iron
- the fast begins
- another wind
- another wind
- house calls
- the dig
- the dog
- where are you?
- where are you?
- did you say something?
- did you say something?
- go and sin no more
- without mercy
- without mercy
- but we came so far
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About Me
- Stephen Chute
- west springfield, virginia, United States
- these are all FICTIONAL stories and characters and are in no way representative of any real experiences in my or anyone else's life. any similarities are purely coincidental, except for the dog poems.
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