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Archive for September, 2010

September 30th, 2010 by the jodi

meteorological foreplay

Keep your sun-drenched days and well-oiled bodies. When the wind rips limbs off trees. Pushes cars across the highway. Topples small buildings. When the air is soft. warm. heavy. moist. When wind can kill. My body becomes slick, ripe, and tender. My every breath charged with electricity. When every breath holds bits of lightening and [...]

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September 25th, 2010 by the jodi

mama loves the broken things

When I was a girl we lived across from a parking lot. On the other side of the lot was a candy store, and just beyond that, the neighborhood pool.  The parking lot was where all the boys my age spent their days playing softball, stickball and handball. At night, the older boys came out [...]

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September 16th, 2010 by the jodi

spooning mr. pants

Midnight. Spooning with Mr. Crazy Pants.  My back to the window where a gentle early fall breeze blows in. His body curled into me like a furry comma between my breasts, soft as a chinchilla; my chin resting comfortably on his head, pointy ears on either side of my jaw bone. He purrs. Quietly and [...]

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