Friendships are fleeting, justsouls passing through a moment briefly in sync. How do people bondwhen we all seek more than a simple hello?Love should last forever butin the modern age who can possibly committo the required sacrifice? Perhaps a couple of wordsin Spanish will do, …
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So many nights like every other, yetpractice can’t produce planned outcomes.If only Schroedinger’s cat really were simultaneously intwo states. If only night came with beaconsfiltered to spotlight the suddenness ofentropy, the pattern of dust drawing down therugged road behind us settling in ways thatreveal our …
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Companion poem for chapter 1 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read original poem, read chapter So many nights like every other, yet practice can’t produce planned outcomes.If only Schroedinger’s cat really were simultaneously in two states. If only night came with beaconsfiltered to spotlight …
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Chapter 1 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “Trophic Cascade”Read companion poem “A man’s been stabbed and a woman’s dead.” Preston repeats with anguished worry, speaking past his dearest friend to the dark consequences that wait on the other side of the courtyard lights. They know …
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Chapter 30 from the R.M. Dolin, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem “Is it true,” Sympatico sheepishly asks, stepping into the dimly lit courtyard, “what you said to Senor Preston. I didn’t mean to hear, but I did.” “I don’t know what you’re talking …
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Companion poem for chapter 30 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter The thing about Coyote,he calls thosewith unburdened soulslast. From the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done.” Marcos from the Sandia chapter of the ANA drives up from …
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Companion poem to chapter 29 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter She moves through darknessin stealth caress, betrayingeach tango’s touchheld from memoryin nearly the same wayyesterday blinds tomorrow.In any crowded clubtrue beauty shineseven though competition for love,like …
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Chapter 29 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem In the darkness of an anomalous moonless night, Chance pensively paces along the courtyard’s front wall, pausing in the middle of each loop to stare through the arched entryway in an …
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Companion poem to chapter 28 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter Tell me quickbefore I leave, how comeno saw the stormwas coming, but everyone hadan excuse for not being prepared.As the deeds of desperados are recorded, the nobility of their …
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Chapter 28 from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read companion poem “Good riddance,” Armando sighs as the door closes behind the Texans, “way more freaking drama than any bar needs.” Jake stares at the adobe wall wrapping his mind around what’s happened. …
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