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cat clinics

There’s quite a peculiar cat clinic on the corner of Cambridge and Columbia street in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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looshylayNovember 25, 2019November 25, 2019Leave a comment

elegy

You would love Fall;
It’s just the kind of weather you always waited for.
When the seasons changed and you
blasted Christmas music months too early:

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looshylayOctober 1, 2019October 1, 2019Leave a comment

stairs

the Babel we climb
the grandeur we seek
the love we find and lose

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looshylaySeptember 21, 2019October 1, 2019Leave a comment

idée fixe

an earworm
haunts the mind:

the itch to know
that which cannot be known

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looshylayAugust 14, 2019August 14, 2019Leave a comment

these idyllic sheets

for but a moment I can drown in your eyes, soaking in a gaze that speaks depth, understanding

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looshylayJuly 28, 2019October 1, 2019Leave a comment

heart real estate

/härt ˈrē(ə)l əsˌtāt/
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looshylayJuly 18, 2019August 14, 2019Leave a comment

“could i interest you in a nightcap with me”

Last night at the bar
A stranger asked me if I liked white wine

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looshylayJuly 6, 2019July 6, 2019Leave a comment

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hi! i’m lucy. mostly a grad student; occasionally a poet. welcome to my creative outlet.

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  • cat clinics November 25, 2019
  • elegy October 1, 2019
  • stairs September 21, 2019
  • idée fixe August 14, 2019
  • these idyllic sheets July 28, 2019
  • heart real estate July 18, 2019
  • “could i interest you in a nightcap with me” July 6, 2019
  • summertime June 8, 2019
  • she learns to fall in love again February 6, 2019
  • the ivy league December 22, 2018
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