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April 21, 2018April 8, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Rocks”

The little pieces you picked up.
The little pieces you carried once
in your hands,
held next to your body,
smeared onto your skin,
tugging at you:
the fragments you hold on to—
the ones you did not want to leave behind.

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April 19, 2018April 8, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Spring’s Resurrection”

April’s not the cruelest month,
but a warm resurrection.

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April 17, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Severed Roots”

But the rainy season never came
and the drought never left.

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April 15, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Weeds”

as I scraped back bare soil—
the earth I once remembered—
the remnants of what I started with.

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April 13, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Pollen”

To be that puff that resides opposite,
away from you,
in the world.

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April 11, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Crabapples”

You hear the buzzing
and see the yellow jackets
as they sting your feet
and suddenly,
you notice the present world,
and toss the bitter apple into the street drain,
bidding the uninvited guest to go away.

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April 9, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Snowflakes”

My bleached hands
are full of snowflakes I cupped,
that bleed of chemicals they steep.

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April 7, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Sun”

molten rock to your core,
depleting you,
thrusting you out of a drunken state,
awake

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April 5, 2018April 1, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Commuter’s Tears”

Oil rainbows evaporated in the rain,
leaving only the memory behind.

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April 3, 2018March 26, 2018 by J.L. Smith

Excerpt: Weathered Fragments, Weathered Souls

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From “Fog”

Fog rises over the river.
Hands close over headlights,
luring the sleepy back to bed.

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