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Barbarian
Ligaments And limb by limb Fresher air Intimate Caught in actions Adrenal Flying Colors Bleeding down Pressed against the night...

Paul Clive
Mar 28, 20231 min read
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Lash or Leash
Self-control asleep at the wheel Buried in the kind of task That carries only a sick appeal Back to sleep At arms length Never withheld...

Paul Clive
Mar 23, 20231 min read
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Atlantis
Blasphemous I rearrange these stones Foolish to believe We were cut from the same quarry Simultaneous The damage caused A bright star...

Paul Clive
Mar 14, 20231 min read
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The Witch House
Skittering ghosts Expressionist lines Down darker and deeper Find where it lies Sinking solemnity Inking this against my skin Making...

Paul Clive
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Quicksand
Deimos and Phobos I can barely breathe Suffocating in Quicksand Underneath my skin Sundered secrets caught in throats Fires burning under...

Paul Clive
Feb 17, 20231 min read
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Be Kind, Rewind
The Rewound Heart Bleeding backwards Into a dying sun Waning crescent Descending crescendo Cascading energetic cycles Data still backing...

Paul Clive
Feb 9, 20231 min read
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Ready to Fall
Like a ton of bricks Like a waterfall Like an avalanche Just say the word I gather my dry heart Like sticks primed for the kindling I...

Paul Clive
Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Luminous Threads
It can sometimes feel like the fire is going out. Run down. Lost. The world has no passion or color left in it. It's all been worn down...

Paul Clive
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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Rushing
My Heart is Always Rushing It would be more painful to forget More empty to regret Already holding them close Held tight like petals...

Paul Clive
Jan 16, 20232 min read
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Revenant
They used to say if you died out there in the mines they'd keep you alive, hook you up to a machine, make you less than a man... or maybe...

Paul Clive
Dec 21, 20222 min read
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Nova Blossoms
She was the first thought. Waking. Walking in the void. Image or idol or maybe a whisper. Voices. A melody across the deep. And so he...

Paul Clive
Dec 13, 20221 min read
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Origami Heart
Origami Heart Too bright beyond these gates Collecting dust I can see the light Feel the warmth Taste the earth Head held down...

Paul Clive
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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All Bark
Why do we continue fighting? Life seems to want to find a way, to preserve itself, to keep us going even when we feel like giving up. Is...

Paul Clive
Nov 3, 20221 min read
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Enough
Tearing at strands Disposable tendrils Digits pressured digging Dipped deeply in marrow This wick will never light again Standing in the...

Paul Clive
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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Fail to Hate
Fail to Hate Devoured in vines Skies clad in iron Roses like wires Rusted but still bolted down Neglected aches Still stitches for days...

Paul Clive
Oct 11, 20221 min read
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One of Them
The omens move without words Like water Across the sky From the East Fire in the mouth And from the ending A new beginning A broken bow...

Paul Clive
Oct 6, 20222 min read
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Fever Pitch Witching Hour
Fever Pitch Fever pitching Voices rising Season for Witching Toiling, boiling, brewing Klaxons blaring, houses burning Stirred up all...

Paul Clive
Sep 25, 20222 min read
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Ingredients
Sometimes we mix ourselves a potion of memory and regret and find ourselves wondering what might have been. There is something a bit like...

Paul Clive
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Loam Behold
LOAM Minutes run backward Scatter and skedaddle Straddling midnight hell bent Back way far past the one My eyes have been kept open Past...

Paul Clive
Sep 3, 20221 min read
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A Pilgrim's Doubt
Moon-dripped reflections Fallen from favor The weight on these shoulders Still gazing at navels Plucking at strings In ivory chambers, I...

Paul Clive
Aug 30, 20222 min read
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