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Poems by ixtli, by newest first

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  • The Inevitable Approaches (free write)
    Monotonous.
    Something buzzes in my ear.
    by ixtli 72 lines, on Nov 22 7:54 PM
  • Perceptions, Precepts
    I am missing it,
    what is it?
    by ixtli 44 lines, on Nov 12 4:45 PM
  • Where Is Your I?
    It's getting worse.
    by ixtli 35 lines, on Nov 12 4:44 PM
  • Day and Night
    it's cold here,
    I could never ask you to stay,
    by ixtli 21 lines, on Nov 12 4:42 PM
  • Cowardice
    Despite what you may see,
    I am a coward,
    by ixtli 22 lines, on Nov 8 9:47 PM
  • The Truth Is...
    please, don't step any closer,
    I already know,
    by ixtli 51 lines, on Nov 8 9:41 PM
  • What I Want
    I want you to
    understand the fine print
    by ixtli 63 lines, on Oct 29 3:57 PM
  • Childhood's End (a sestina)
    We wander through the midnight of life,
    the days are us against the cold,
    by ixtli 50 lines, on Oct 29 3:55 PM
  • Prole
    I am a pariah,
    untouchable, unseen,
    by ixtli 19 lines, on Oct 11 6:49 PM
  • Unattainable
    I am ancient,
    you are a child,
    by ixtli 35 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 7 8:08 PM
  • Forte
    much more than a box with strings,
    pedals, and keys,
    by ixtli 33 lines, on Oct 2 2:17 PM
  • Masks
    Compliment my mask,
    I don't feel a thing,
    by ixtli 22 lines, on Sep 29 3:35 PM
  • Before and After
    Before there were cars,
    we had days of week-long train rides,
    by ixtli 21 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 29 3:33 PM
  • Libre
    the familiar sugar-rush,
    satirical candy,
    by ixtli 20 lines, on Sep 28 2:17 PM
  • Hypocrite
    You look down from your high horse,
    thinking you can see it all,
    by ixtli 36 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 17 5:26 PM
  • Things to Come
    always gnawing at me,
    in the back of my brain,
    by ixtli 29 lines, on Sep 15 7:54 PM
  • Senior Stresses
    sinking ultimatums,
    turn here, now there,
    by ixtli 19 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 9 2:47 PM
  • Aversion
    a dance around questions,
    dodging questions,
    by ixtli 35 lines, on Sep 7 1:21 PM
  • Parasite
    it was supposed to be synthesis,
    symbiotic,
    by ixtli 31 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 31 6:15 AM
  • Ace
    do I need another post-it
    stuck to my skin?
    by ixtli 16 lines, on Aug 30 8:15 PM
  • my weird brain
    So today I was just thinking about how sensitive I am to lights/sound/smells. One of my doctors told me that it is because of the fibromyalgia. With fibro, parts of the brain are overactive. The brain sends out too many signa
    by ixtli 4 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 25 5:00 PM
  • Ask
    If you would ask me
    what it felt like to be ceramic,
    by ixtli 31 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 24 3:01 PM
  • Road Map
    1. Where are we?
    by ixtli 34 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 17 4:46 PM
  • This Means War
    keeping to my corner of the world,
    the best I can,
    by ixtli 51 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 15 8:45 PM
  • Dust
    instruments sit in a corner,
    homes for spiders,
    by ixtli 44 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 6 10:36 PM
  • Awake
    she is sleeping,
    she is me,
    by ixtli 54 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 6 10:23 PM
  • It's Not That
    a flicker of something,
    I cannot name it,
    by ixtli 33 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 1 8:44 AM
  • Once I...
    Once I sang a lullaby,
    a shimmering, fragile song,
    by ixtli 25 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 29 4:04 PM
  • Stagnant Substitute
    I am a contridiction,
    and I know it,
    by ixtli 50 lines, on Jul 26 8:00 PM
  • Ellipsis, Ellipses
    every little ellipsis,
    dot, dot, dot,
    by ixtli 31 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 22 8:48 PM
  • Paper Cut Reminders
    paper-thin memories,
    folded into oragami excuses,
    by ixtli 24 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 15 10:28 PM
  • Lucid
    lucid,
    look right through me,
    by ixtli 32 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 14 9:44 AM
  • Impatient Chrysalis
    I am an impatient chrysalis,
    supposed to be waiting
    by ixtli 29 lines, on Jul 9 10:45 PM
  • All The Spaces Between
    I think we've learned by now
    that closeness in proximty does not equate
    by ixtli 41 lines, on Jul 9 12:02 PM
  • If You Really...
    If you really knew,
    would things still be this way,
    by ixtli 34 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 6 10:09 PM
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