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Universal Jurisdiction by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Universal Jurisdiction

Fingers snap and surge, into the fake leather of the wheel, A current that dropped from the moon rays. The roads slick and wet, but for when the sunray returns, spout washed-out shampoo into the drainage. Unlicensed and unprecedented. But why, soaked through, not go inside to dry? She asked this many times; To the house or to the garage To sleep and wake up versus to stand on the street and see the oncoming lights

Crystals by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Crystals

Crystals litter the grass; if light could refract Through them, if it were daytime, if the blades Were sharper or were somewhere else, aboriginal colors Would shine through the prisms the way you Described, saying one day we'd find a world And three stones, and we would see as if we never have seen. Stepping in this field is like treading a mine Or through mines, trying not to tip a trap or Trip a model-scale avalanche; a challenge met with Rewards like a pocket of gold or the victory of Having salvaged all of your limbs. I still have two legs And two arms, and a pocket on my shirt weighted With gold to remind me, every time I br

Samsara by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Samsara

A broken slinky named samsara stops descending the stairs, remembering that up is nirvana. She looks down and says “there is the spot that I was searching for” and settles incorrectly in a place where She feels her stomach lurching. Down nor up are real; the step where she is perching slants 45 degrees. She can’t feel the tilt, circles have no tips, which was previously assumed ideal. There are no floors, each step dips into the next, each dip peaks into a step, to catch the circle in a lip. Samsara spins. On the wall she spots her cheeks, burning red, in hidden mirrors, “samsara, you’re getting me do

Untitled by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Untitled

Significant or not I reverse glossolalia Stirring phonemes into meaning with the bumps on my tongue. Take the meaning from meaning, try to live more like Rabi’a And inhale past the lungs Swim the leagues without gills Conquer science, insignificant, live among Those who wholly fill Themselves with divine gasses Stolen, jagged, from the air and changed by stolen skill. Alter eyes, change into broken glasses. Broken light bulbs shine new light On easy passes Though here, without cars, travel at night Is impossible; nocturnal seedlings Cling to their bedspreads in fright. Seedlings can die from pillow fights, they need things

HEAT by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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HEAT

my eyes drive so i can hold my tongue on a distracted speedometer, identity theft thermometer, measuring the heat of the rubber at rush hour. mercury crouches, a prisoner in a glass tube and i want to see it raise to riot banging its cage i crush the gas trancelike, as if on a pilgrimage to that stop sign – My God The Deity of the Crossroads the Lord of Fever Dreams. God says STOP but with a full tank i plow past my destination rearview mirror shows STOP my God in the middle of the intersection red for my respiration for ritual perturbation meanwhile home sick i douse a rag in cold water to try to cheat my inner heat

1203 by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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1203

Voices mesh through the wood of a central beam as Two men charge from different poles The beam breaks. Across the beam balanced a girl made for show and tell Told to tell tales about how far downhill her legs have run, Where they landed, and if they were planning on a return. Voices mingle and mesh stuck in the wood as One man gripping the torso of a beautiful legless acrobat Sits on a broken beam. He mourns the loss of the circus’ joy and its creators. Time manifested in retired performers Grows old, wondering when fate will allow herself to meet herself. Fate brims with glory, Fate is a stone painted with kunkum In an Ind

Crows Can Lie by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Crows Can Lie

Months have mouths and this one is screaming I woke up in a dream with no meaning Placed my foot in a pool swallowing my shoe And seven seas were waiting Poseidon shot the pharaoh whipping the water Brick by brick shot Mortar round shots of Freedom, sounds like Bricks on bricks falling into the sea My inflated arms stopped flapping the tide so I decided to try To fly But crows who lie to survive Gave me lessons to swim: The sky’s magicians, artisans made of feathers who Make wood into cardboard cut outs of whores Olive branch beer cans And call them watery wine, those Intoxicated carbonated thirst-quenching bricks to be

On Not Being Russian by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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On Not Being Russian

I fell on the ice yesterday. I never honed in on the skills I learned as a child; Once I wanted to be a figure skater, Gracious as a wind-up model in a jewelry box, Before reaching its crescendo, twirling to a slow Until I twirl the switch again And begin again the show. This morning my leg looked like the paints downstairs I didn’t notice It hurt to sit but Sometimes I choose to stand I’m not one for ovations but I’ll clap if it’s worth it, Not one for Broadway, the money is enough And I usually recycle the playbill. I prefer to watch the scenes. There was a theme, a scheming motive, maybe not mine when

The Idea of North by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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The Idea of North

Was it the day the rain started, earlier, the day before That Noah realized he’d be a vagabond zookeeper on a handicraft Lifeboat, shepherding every creature made to breathe or more (The cruel, the meek, the clever, the daft) Forward into a future that had a future away From the newly molded past? Or was it a lottery system drawn every Friday, And the Lord thus rested for the Lord has won, and the Lord was given A man to do his work at minimum livelihood pay And a new dictionary definition of dead-end job? The cursed boss placed him in heaven Where an angel must believe in second chances, he has two wings To propel him through

Draw by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Draw

When I spit I taste no ink. My tongue is red not black, there are no lines for guidance drawn upon my lips drawn beneath my eyes, I draw from my pocket a pen and I draw a knife on a sheet of paper, which falls on the ground once its contents are discarded, ink spat through a straw – no double dipping or double speak here. Double vision occurs, maps drawn used only for certain circumstances drawn to circumvent certain situations I circumnavigate to avoid execution of pre-written free will. Compass draws a circle on a sheet of crisp white paper. I walk that line until I tire and retire to bed, the sheets not warm not used

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Universal Jurisdiction by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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M. by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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M.

I stood and I reached and I fell. The flower was tempting. It was beautiful where it lay originally, untainted by shadows and dust and the humid air of the east coast. The sunlight, delicately nudging the flower’s petals, waited for acceptance into the colony of pollen as a different type of birth. I stood and you watched as I fell. Did I fall far enough to hurt, you asked? No, I replied, brushing pavement chips off of my knees. Those are the worst, I thought, the tiny pebbles in the road that appear to be part of the cemented batter but are merely decorations, a collection intended to aid these weary feet. My knees were bleeding and y

Draw by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Draw

The Idea of North by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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The Idea of North

On Not Being Russian by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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On Not Being Russian

Crows Can Lie by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Crows Can Lie

1203 by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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1203

HEAT by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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HEAT

Untitled by TwoSteps-FourLetters, literature

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Cigarettes by spokeinthewheel, literature

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Cigarettes

Give me nicotine- it’s a Sunday morning And dreary grey Mondays notwithstanding In anticipation I write my suicide notes: the week looms foreboding As the clock strikes down and the fears settle into a frown, Inching closer to very-similar-tude And what-you-saw-last-Friday. Me in the back. With my friend of smoke and ashes- capital sin, Corroding, Eroding. Injurious to health. I don’t need your statutory warnings, brother—the clock is ticking And I don’t like to wait.

A Scientific Discovery.... by ashellessmind, literature

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A Scientific Discovery....

A Scientific Discovery in Three or Four Parts I. When we reached the center of the sun, there was a man— no one else saw him —sweating profusely. He must have been HOT in that tiny room so full of such large lights. He typed on a smallish typewriter with Thousands! Trillions! Infinite! words per second. With pages soaring like bold, white eagles within that finite square. I offered to relieve him. I was thinking, "He must be so tired. Surely he's been typing for a longish time. & who would want to type eternally? & who?" & then I thought "No! Not me! Not in that tiny room! No!" II. The year is 2096.

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Mar 21, 2009

Bb-b-b-bbbreak

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TwoSteps-FourLetters

Mar 5, 2009

Concept

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February was strange. I started writing about it tonight in a very strange and very scattered way. I don't know how I feel about what I'm writing. It's half autobiographical, half nonsense. Nothing is chronological. None of it makes sense, but I'm hoping to pull it together in the end. I want to make this into something more readable, even though it's partially mind-vomit. I want to work on character development, even though there are no characters. Most importantly, I want to work on resolution. If someone wouldn't mind looking over it when I finish the first round I'd appreciate it; I want isolated opinions on this one. Let me know. Thanks