c o ll a g e 22
collage 22 is a documentation of collage poems created in 2022. Each collage is a reflection in the present and embracing all that is unknown.
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Stepping
FORWARD
remains open-ended
haunting and emotional.
2/22
there's no ready answer
MOVING
takes strength
3/22
Stranger on the train
waiting to make it happen
They respond I smile
4/22
your small hands glancing at me
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friendly and discreet
illuminating
5/22
BITCH, PLEASE!
6/22
they suddenly realize
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you will find yourself
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9 Completed third position of the Plough,
with the knees brought in beside the ears.
7/22
sit for half an hour
in the fullest sense
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force the moment to its crisis
8/22
LOOKED FABULOUS
SPINNING
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For Your
Eyes Only
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'Coming?'
9/22
WE DO NOT FEEL
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So we compromise, and go
Where Time Moves Kindly
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We have bad days
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As for the future, we do, of course, want to
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We're ready when you are
10/22
the messy emotions of
seeing and knowing
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bones light as pipes, hollow
a white light still and moving
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It isn't easy.